Former President Muhammadu Buhari and his successor President Bola Tinubu have been accused of being deceptive and running propagandist administrations.
Former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, made the accusation when he was a guest on the BBC Hausa service programme ‘Gane Mini Hanya’.
Lamido, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisted that both administrations prioritised propaganda rather than telling Nigerians the true state of the nation unlike during the time PDP governed the country.
Lamido who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted that both administrations prioritised propaganda rather than telling Nigerians the true state of the nation unlike during the time PDP governed the country.
Begining with Buhari, Lamido, said former Buhari was never being transparent with Nigerians during his time.
“Buhari’s and Tinubu’s governments are not being transparent with Nigerians unlike during the time when PDP was in power where everything was transparent and open to all Nigerians.
“But with the coming of Buhari, deception and propaganda became tools for running the government.”
He said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of does not tell Nigerians the true situation of the country and his administration.
Lamido also faulted President Tinubu’s loan requests, saying, “what the government is telling Nigerians is different from what it is executing.”
“If Nigerians are being told the truth then there is nothing wrong with that, but how would you budget N30tn, generate N50tn and then request loan when you have a surplus of N20tn.” he said, making reference to last year’s budget.
Lamido said, “This recklessness and clear-cut selfishness is not done anywhere in the world, but yet you find (some) Nigerians supporting it. Visit social media and see how APC is being criticised, being referred to as calamity, yet you find some protecting it.”
