Presidency Urges Nigerians to Demand Governor Accountability
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has called on citizens to hold their state governors responsible for the use of federal allocations.
Speaking amid discussions about federal government disbursements to states, Bwala warned that without public scrutiny, little will change in how governors manage resources.
He reminded Nigerians that the country operates a federal system, meaning the president does not oversee day‑to‑day state administration.
“The President is not a prefect to the governors,” Bwala wrote. “They have State Houses of Assembly. At the centre, whatever the President provides for implementation goes through ministers and the National Assembly, which exercises oversight.”
He urged state legislatures to perform their oversight duties over funds that arrive at the local government level.
As an example, he cited a local government that received ₦600 million, with another ₦600 million expected this month, and noted that between January and March ₦2.26 billion had already been allocated.
Such sums, he argued, could revive primary healthcare, build schools, fund construction projects, improve law and order, create jobs, empower vigilance groups, and provide subsidised medicines.
Bwala concluded that even if the President were to send $30 billion to the states, the same problems would persist unless citizens demand accountability from their governors.
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