Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser [Information and Strategy] to President Bola Tinubu, has urged state governors to be alive to their responsibilities.
Onanuga tweeted via his verified X handle @aonanuga1956 in response to an argument tweeted by a former Chairman of the Niger Delta Commission, Lauretta Onochie, who had argued that the Federal Government has the least role to play in governance, and that it is only those “who do not understand democracy [that] make it a duty to call out the federal government only constantly.”
In response, Onanuga, tweeted back, “Let the governors and council chairmen wake up to their responsibilities.
“The Federal Government is not the only actor in town. You have your duties cut out for you.
“Imagine each state makes efforts to boost food production in its domain, build one world-class hospital, good roads, good schools, etc.
“Imagine what our country would have become! But while governors and the councils shirk their responsibilities, they are quick to call out the Federal Government, which is far away from the people those governors govern.
“Let all governors govern well, along with their councils; food inflation, at least, will disappear.
“Our Federalism may not be perfect, but we are not a unitary state, where every thing must flow from the centre.”
