Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal said the government of President Bola Tinubu is not interested in tackling the insecurity ravaging Nigeria.
This was, as he said, the Tinubu administration has failed woefully to protect the lives and property of Nigerians. Lawal stated this on Monday during an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television.
He compared Tinubu’s administration to previous governments of Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, saying the former performed better than the latter.
“Past governments were better, more accommodating. They served Nigerians better in the sense of equity, intention to fight corruption, and being fair and just. Even in the sense of insecurity, Goodluck Jonathan fought insecurity. Buhari took over and did; this government is not interested in that,” he added.
According to him, before Tinubu came on board in May 2023, Adamawa, a North-Eastern state, was relatively peaceful, claiming that two years into this administration, the security situation had worsened.
Lawal also slammed the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, saying that he [Lawal] had yet to see efforts made to tackle killings and other security threats. He lamented that some Nigerian soldiers were being killed in the theatre of operations, calling for decisive action to address the insecurity.
“I don’t see what work he [Ribadu] is doing. If I see what work he is doing, I will tell you. If I see results of what they are doing, I will say it. It won’t hurt me. I know soldiers are out there, some are losing their lives, quite a lot of them are from my community who have come back dead. I know them,” he said.
