•Dele Momodu
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu has said that Nigeria is failing because someone transferred Lagos template to Abuja.
Momodu, who did not mention name, stated this during an interview on Channels TV.
He criticised the composition of the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu, who was Lagos governor from 1999 to 2007 and touted as laying the development structure in the coastal state.
The former PDP presidential aspirant stated that he would struggle to name 10 current ministers alongside their accomplishments before their appointment, adding that those close to the president could not tell him the truth because their lives depend on him.
Momodu said, “Today, God is my witness, if you ask me to name 10 ministers in Tinubu’s cabinet and to tell you what they did or did not do before they were appointed, I will struggle.
“That is the truth. Look, what we have today is that someone transferred the Lagos template to Abuja and that’s why we are failing.
“Nigeria parades some of the greatest human beings on planet earth. I have travelled a bit. There is nowhere up to Australia that I did not meet Nigerians doing great things. Where are those people?
“In today’s Nigeria, it’s either you are the son of, the daughter of… Nigeria cannot continue to operate on the basis of compensation. I must compensate my friends and former schoolmates. No!”
