Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications (State House) and official spokesperson for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Daniel Bwala has called for state governors to be held accountable for kidnappings and abductions occurring within their states, arguing that they should bear responsibility for security failures at the subnational level.
Speaking during an interview on The Morayo Afolabi-Brown Show, on Wednesday, while reacting to the abduction of students from a school in Oyo State and other kidnapping incidents across the country, Bwala said governors should no longer be absolved of responsibility whenever such attacks occur. Watch D Video Here ➤
“There was this thing called the Save the School Initiative, in which monies were given to states to create perimeter fencing, early warning signs and all of those checks in schools. Ask your governor where that money went to,” he said.
Bwala also alleged that local governments across the country were not receiving funds directly meant for them, citing an example from Oyo State.
“Every state in Nigeria, and in the local government, there is money that should have gone directly to that local government. I was in Oyo and I engaged with the Oyo State Government. In three local governments in Oyo, I said this local government has 600 million coming here every month, and that’s how it is across Nigeria,” he said.
He argued that if such funds were released directly to local government chairmen, they could be used to improve maternal healthcare, basic education, local vigilante security and welfare support for the elderly.
