Bello Matawalle, the minister of state for defence, has tagged northerner political players plotting the removal of President Bola Tinubu come 2027 as “unpatriotic”.
The minister, who is a former governor of Zamfara state, accused politicians from the region of lacking grassroots support and having an “entitlement mentality.” He maintained that northern politicians with a strong grassroots base supported the president.
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According to Daily Trust, Matawalle’s comment followed Salihu Lokman, the former national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), rebuking northern politicians in President Tinubu’s administration.
Northerns in Tinubu’s government are sycophants, Lukman
Lukman, who recently resigned from the ruling party, alleged that the president had reduced the northern cabinet members to sycophants.
Matawalle’s comment was contained in a statement by the Ministry of Defence spokesperson Henshaw Ogubike. According to the minister, the politicians’ plot would fail, noting that there are substantial benefits for the region under Tinubu’s administration.
He then called for the support of the political leaders in the north for President Tinubu and further his renewed hope agenda and improve the economy and politics of the country.
List of northern appointees in Tinubu’s government
The minister listed key appointees in Tinubu’s cabinet, which included himself, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar as Minister of Defence, Atiku Bagudu as Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Muhammed Idris as Minister of Information and National Orientation, Ali Pate as Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Abubakar Kyari as Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Jamila Bio Ibrahim as Minister of Youths, Shuaibu Audu as Minister of Steel Development, Joseph Utsve as Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation and Yusuf Tuggar as Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as several ministers of state.
Others in the security, according to Matawalle, are the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Director-General of the Department of Security Service (DSS). Yusuf Bauchi, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai, Chief of Defence Staff. General Christopher Musa and Chief of Air Staff Hasan Abubakar, with the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, and the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, Bello Koko, also being northerners.
Source: TheTalk.NG
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