Govs have become arrogant, unaccountable in managing resources – Lukman

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Salihu Lukman, has accused state governors of being unaccountable and arrogant in the manner resources accruing to them are managed.  He also alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is “rewarding” governors for allegedly mismanaging and diverting public resources for their personal use. Lukman, a former national vice […]

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Salihu Lukman, has accused state governors of being unaccountable and arrogant in the manner resources accruing to them are managed. 

He also alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is “rewarding” governors for allegedly mismanaging and diverting public resources for their personal use.

Lukman, a former national vice chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made the allegation on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday.

The coalition chieftain said that despite the evidence that some governors don’t use the increased federal allocations to their states for development; the president keeps approving large sums for them. 

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Speaking on the president’s charge to state governors to use the improved allocation to develop their states and improve the lives of rural communities, Lukman said the president did the right thing, “but what is he doing to ensure that governors do what they need to do? The president can do something, but what I see him doing is reward them for doing the wrong things.

“Once we have a system where the structure of the party is subordinated to them (governors), they will continue with this arrogance and continue to be unaccountable and convert public resources as if they were their personal property.” 

Lukman also pointed out that the present administration had been concentrating on admitting opposition governors to their ranks without any structure of accountability to the people who elected them. 

“For instance, your recruitment policy in your party is blindly informed in a way that all you want is for people to come into your party without giving them the conditions that need to happen for them to be accountable to their people.

“As far as I can see, the objectives of many of them are to be where they are and not to deliver services,” he added.