‘Tinubu’s Govt Has Done Better In Propaganda’ – Yusuf

Sunnex Egbu

3 hours ago

Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, has asserted that President Bola Tinubu‘s government thrives on propaganda.

Naijaonpoint reports that Yusuf, during an interview with Punch, dismissed the insinuation that Tinubu’s government has done better than the previous administration.

According to him, Tinubu is unconcerned about the issue of insecurity bedevilling the North.

He said, “They have done better in propaganda. I have never seen a government that thrives on propaganda like that of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but that is their modus operandi. Recently, Boko Haram killed close to 90 people in Bawa Local Government.

“In my home state, Katsina, bandits killed 32 people praying in the mosque. They went into town and killed over 20 more people, bringing the death toll to over 50. They carted many more into the forest. I want the National Security Adviser or any of his advisers to come to these places and tell them that security is better.

“In my paper, I said it clearly, and I will repeat it again and again: the North sees President Bola Tinubu as the first Commander-in-Chief who is hands-off on security, which is the major issue bedevilling our region. All that the people he has handed over security to are doing is propaganda, making the president unpopular in the region.

“Security is not better in the North. If they want to say it is better, let them go to Borno State or Katsina State, where 24 out of 34 local governments are under siege. Seventy per cent of Katsina State is under siege. I want any of his security advisers to go and tell them in these places that security is better.

“The President doesn’t talk about anything concerning security that bedevils us in the North. He’s only interested in collecting taxes all over. So, he’s done nothing. Under him, insecurity has worsened.

“Our land in the North is drenched in blood. We are burying our dead every day in the hundreds. So, he shouldn’t come and tell us that security is better.”