Aormer Special Adviser on Political Affairs to Vice
President Kashim Shettima, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has hinted that President Bola
Tinubu is genuinely isolated.
Baba-Ahmed said he never sat with Tinubu to discuss any
issues while he was working in the presidency.
Featuring on Arise Television’s Prime Time show, Baba-Ahmed
said Tinubu doesn’t seem to have time for a lot of people working for him in
the Presidency.
He pointed out that Nigeria will be a better place if Tinubu
makes himself more available to those around him.
According to Baba-Ahmed: “I think I met the president three
times in the mosque in the Villa and we shook hands while I was there.
“I never had the chance to sit down with Tinubu, I think
part of the problem is that he never really had time for people like us, I’m
not sure he had time for a lot of the people working for him.
“The president is really genuinely isolated, whether it’s by
choice or circumstances – we don’t understand – the bottom line is that he
ought to be available a little more to the people he had trusted to run
ministries, departments or to advice him and that’s a problem for the country,
not so much for him.
“The president of Nigeria is hugely a powerful person and
also carries a lot of responsibilities in his shoulders.
“So if he is not going to look for solutions to problems
from the people he appointed – there are only two options left – is he getting
advice from the wrong people or is he getting no advice at all?
“If you hear people close to him (Tinubu) speak about
Nigeria, it’s like we live in two different worlds, that is the most
frustrating thing for me. We will leave the Villa, go home and watch real
people talk, we know how desperate the country is, how difficult life is, the
insecurity level – how high it is, people are losing hope.
“Sometimes they ask, what are you doing there, we thought
with people like you, we won’t be seeing some of these things, are you guys
really advising the president on some of these things?
“It all amount to this idea that the president is getting
advice from the people he hasn’t appointed officially ……..I believe that if
Tinubu was more open to suggestions and advice and if he had higher quality of
people handling sensitive positions for him, and he makes himself available
where they talk to him, I think the country will be better.”
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