Hunger: Govs not telling Tinubu the truth – Usman Yusuf
A former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Usman Yusuf, has accused state governors of not telling President Bola Tinubu the truth regarding the hunger in Nigeria.
Yusuf insisted that over 80 percent of Nigeria’s problems are caused by state governors.
In an interview on Trust TV, Yusuf said state governors now have more money under Tinubu’s administration but they are not utilizing the funds for the benefit of Nigerians.
He said: “Mr President if they are not telling you the truth, listen to me, I’m telling you the truth that there is hunger in the land.
“Whatever they are telling you is not true and your government is not doing anything at all to address this tragedy that is befalling our people in a country of plenty.
“I heard one of the minister’s said that they have given N419 billion conditional cash transfer. Hello shouldn’t that number make you chuckle? Who did they give it to?
“The President, everybody will commend you after the removal of subsidy, you have enough excess that you keep some in your pocket and you throw some at the governors. The governors have seen a lot more money but there is nothing to show on the ground.
“All they are doing is running around the world, building bridges and building houses all over the world when our people are dying of hunger.
“This is the reality Mr President and if nobody is telling you the reality, we will continue to raise our voice to awaken the conscience of our people and the world.
“Even during Buhari, I said over 80 percent of our problems in Nigeria all across the geopolitical zones are the governors.
“It’s not the central government that will provide employment locally to people, it’s the governors that have stifled the local governments all this time. It’s not the Presidency that would build schools or hospitals.
“Where are they taking all this money to? We don’t see any meaningful development, the President has tried to see that local governments are liberated from the shackles of the governors but how much liberation did we get?
“The governors are still holding onto their funds and we don’t see anything.”
