If Tinubu Is Told All Is Well, It’s a Lie’ — Senator Maidoki Raises Alarm
If Tinubu Is Told All Is Well, It’s a Lie’ — Senator Maidoki Raises Alarm
Senator Garba Musa Maidoki has spoken out strongly over insecurity in Kebbi State, saying he has done nothing wrong by crying out over the killings being carried out by bandits.
“What is my fault in Kebbi? I stood up in the Senate and told Nigerians to assist us because bandits are killing us. Suddenly, the governor thought I was fighting him. I have never fought the governor and I have nothing against him. My people sent me here to cry for them, and I cried.”
The senator also took a swipe at the Federal Government, claiming that three years into President Tinubu’s administration, budget implementation remains a major problem.
“Three years since Tinubu’s government — 2024, 2025 and now 2026. The budget has not been implemented. How does a country run without a budget? We have borrowed and borrowed and borrowed. Where is the money we are borrowing? All the revenue-generating agencies said they exceeded their targets. Where is the money going?”
Maidoki said he has utmost respect for President Tinubu as a nationalist and a gentleman, but warned that those telling the President that everything is fine are deceiving him.
“If anybody is telling President Tinubu all is well, it’s lies. The earlier he makes effort to correct these imbalances, particularly on budget implementation, the better for him. Otherwise, for life, he will live to regret this. Nigerians are suffering. Nigerians are complaining. As a father, we want him to listen and bring succor to Nigerians.”
The senator further lamented that despite efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy through amendments to the Electoral Act, the “Nigerian factor” has made it almost ineffective.
According to him, democracy in Nigeria is being threatened as party primaries and consensus arrangements are increasingly being used by political kingmakers to impose their preferred candidates.
“It’s not limited to APC alone. In almost all political parties, kingmakers put their stooges to the detriment of ordinary Nigerians.”
