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NCC convasses for increased investment in Nigeria’s digital infrastructure

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L -R: Mr. Tristan Muhader, Vice President Middle East and Africa OOKLA; Dr. Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner and CEO, Nigeria Data Protection Commission, NDPC; Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC; Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, Hon. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments; Mr. Bolaji Bologun, CEO Chapel Hill Denham; Ambassador Anna Westerholm, Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria; Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA during the Nigerian Digital Connectivity Investment Forum, September 29, 2026, at Onomo Allure Hotel Central Area Abuja

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called for increased public and private sector investment in telecommunications infrastructure to accelerate broadband expansion, improve service quality, and support Nigeria’s growing digital economy.

In a statement by the Director of Public Affairs at the NCC, Nnenna Ukoha, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, made the call at the opening of the maiden Nigeria Digital Connectivity Investment Forum, organised by the Commission in collaboration with Swedfund and Ookla in Abuja.

Speaking during the opening ceremony, the NCC Chief Executive said the forum was designed to provide a strategic platform for fostering dialogue between regulators, investors, infrastructure providers, and development partners to examine the investment requirements needed to expand connectivity, identify barriers to infrastructure deployment, and explore partnerships capable of accelerating digital transformation and economic development, with the overarching objective of mobilising investments that will improve connectivity, stimulate economic growth, and enhance the quality of life of Nigerians.

 

Dr Maida said Nigeria’s telecommunications success story over the last twenty-five years demonstrates the transformative impact of sound policy, transparent regulation, and investor confidence, while noting that the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector and the introduction of transparent licensing processes encouraged private sector participation, leading to unprecedented growth in connectivity and communications services across the country.

 

“The experience of the last two and a half decades underscores the importance of creating an enabling environment for investment. As a regulator, the Commission remains committed to facilitating investment while ensuring consumer protection and promoting fair competition,” he said.

 

The EVC/CEO observed that the demand for reliable digital connectivity continues to rise as individuals, businesses, educational institutions, and public services increasingly depend on broadband-enabled technologies to function effectively. He added that the growing adoption of cloud-based services, digital platforms, and artificial intelligence applications will further increase the need for robust and resilient telecommunications infrastructure.

 

Highlighting the scale of this demand, Dr Maida disclosed that data consumption in Nigeria increased from approximately 1.13 million terabytes in July 2025 to about 1.66 million terabytes in July 2026, representing growth of nearly 47 per cent within one year. He noted that sustaining this level of growth would require significant investments in network expansion, modernisation, and quality-of-service improvements.

 

“The investment challenge before us is not merely one of expanding coverage. It is also about ensuring that those already connected enjoy better service quality, improved user experiences, and infrastructure capable of supporting future technologies,” he said.

 

Among the measures already implemented, he cited the telecommunications tariff adjustment approved in 2025 to support operators’ capacity for network investment and service improvement, ongoing engagements with state governments on Right of Way issues, and the designation of telecommunications infrastructure as Critical National Information Infrastructure by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. These initiatives, he said, are aimed at reducing barriers to network deployment and enhancing investor confidence in the sector.

 

Dr Maida further stressed the Commission’s determination to strengthen evidence-based regulation as a means of improving transparency, enhancing regulatory certainty, and providing clearer insights into investment opportunities within the telecommunications sector. He called on local and international investors, development finance institutions, infrastructure providers, and industry stakeholders to take advantage of emerging opportunities within Nigeria’s telecommunications sector and partner with the Commission in expanding digital connectivity across the country.

 

“The investment we advance today must ultimately translate into better opportunities for Nigerians, improved access to services, and a stronger digital economy that supports sustainable national development,” he said.

 

He commended Swedfund and Ookla for their strategic partnership and contributions towards the successful organisation of the forum, noting that both organisations have played critical roles in supporting the Commission’s efforts to deepen data-driven decision-making and improve understanding of connectivity realities across Nigeria.

 

According to him, the collaboration with Swedfund and Ookla provides independent insights into the actual connectivity experience of consumers and supports the Commission’s efforts to identify service gaps, monitor network performance, and assess areas requiring additional investment.

 

He explained that data generated through the partnership is being integrated with other market and network information to provide a more comprehensive understanding of infrastructure needs and investment opportunities across the country.

 

The NCC Chief Executive also highlighted the role of the Commission’s Consumer Data Lab, funded by the Gates Foundation and developed in collaboration with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). He disclosed that the platform integrates Ookla’s network performance data, consumer complaints, and operators’ intervention reports into a single dashboard that enables deeper analysis of connectivity issues by location and demographic characteristics.

 

“This helps us investigate service problems and assess whether operators’ interventions have improved consumers’ experience. It also gives us a more useful picture of where further deployment or network upgrades may be needed. We want investors to benefit from that understanding and from regulatory decisions that are clear, proportionate, and supported by evidence,” he said.

 

While delivering her keynote address, which focused on “Connectivity and Competitiveness: Digital Infrastructure as a Driver of Investment Climate and Trade,” the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, commended the NCC and its partners for convening the investment forum and stressed that the conversation is about the infrastructure required to produce, connect, invest, and trade in a modern economy.

 

The Honourable Minister said the forum was timely, as the quality of a country’s digital infrastructure increasingly determines the quality of its investment climate, competitiveness, and ability to participate meaningfully in international trade. This is because the future of trade is now digital, stressing that the nature of trade has changed, as today “private networks, data centres, digital platforms, and secure data systems are critical for transactions.”

 

In her remarks, the Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria, Anna Westerholm, acknowledged significant gaps in connectivity coverage, quality, affordability, and supporting infrastructure. She stressed that government, industry, and investors would need to work together to address them, adding that data on network performance and user experience could help identify areas requiring investment, reduce uncertainty, and strengthen investor confidence, while identifying energy, cybersecurity, and digital skills as important components of a sustainable connectivity ecosystem.

 

According to the Ambassador, “Sweden is interested in deepening commercial and investment relations with Nigeria, particularly in digitalisation and connectivity. Swedish institutions and companies could contribute technology, commercial expertise, development finance, export financing, and project development to support Nigerian infrastructure priorities.”

 

Commenting earlier on the forum, Tristan Muhader, VP of Sales, Middle East & Africa, Ookla, said, “Connectivity is no longer simply the channel through which we make calls or browse the internet. It is becoming the operating layer for economic and public activity across sectors, from essential services to AI. That makes its performance and resilience a national priority.”

 

She further stated that “through our collaboration with the NCC, Ookla contributes independent, crowdsourced intelligence that reveals the experience people receive and helps identify where infrastructure investment can have the greatest impact. This intelligence can also help authorities understand the impact of disruptions and verify recovery. The forum is an opportunity to turn shared evidence into smarter investment, stronger national digital resilience, and a more competitive digital economy for Nigeria.”

 

Representing the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, the Director of the National Frequency Management Council, Adetunji Adeyemo, said reliable, affordable, resilient, and accessible digital infrastructure was essential to Nigeria’s economic transformation.

 

He said the Nigerian Government had identified infrastructure, policy and innovation, entrepreneurship, and capital as key strategic priorities.

The two-day forum brings together policymakers, investors, development finance institutions, telecommunications operators, infrastructure providers, technology companies, and development partners to explore opportunities for investment in digital connectivity across Nigeria.

Nigerian govt explains $700m mineral deal with US amid controversy 

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The Federal Government has explained the $700 million critical minerals deal with the United States, saying Nigeria is not giving away its mineral resources under the framework.

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, stated this on Tuesday while speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show.

Oduwole said Nigeria has about 26 of the 60 critical minerals the United States is seeking to secure globally.

“THE U.S. HAVE A LIST OF 60 MINERALS THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO SECURE GLOBALLY. NIGERIA HAS ABOUT 26 OF THOSE MINERALS, SO THERE’S NOTHING ANYBODY’S GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM US WITHOUT IT BEING ON OUR OWN TERMS,” SHE SAID.

The minister explained that the critical minerals framework recently signed between Nigeria and the United States is a Memorandum of Understanding and is not legally binding.

“For the Critical Minerals framework, it’s an MOU. When you sign MOUs, first of all, they’re intentions – they are not legally binding,” Oduwole said.

According to her, the Federal Government is seeking to establish a complete value-addition supply chain for Nigeria’s mineral resources through its partnership with the United States.

She said while the US was interested in securing and supporting its critical minerals supply chain, Nigeria was seeking infrastructure, energy and other support needed to ensure that its mineral resources were not exported in their raw form.

Oduwole said the government wants Nigeria to develop its mineral value chain locally, citing lithium processing and battery manufacturing as examples.

The minister assured Nigerians that the government was not surrendering the country’s mineral resources through the framework.

“So that’s I can tell you broadly what the content of the framework is about. It’s a framework. It’s not a specific detail provisions at this time, and it’s an MOU. It’s not legally binding, but this is how countries negotiate. This is how, at the government-to-government level, we operate.

“We’re not giving anything. We’re not letting go of anything, and we don’t need to be afraid. We don’t need to be reactive,” she said.

Oduwole stressed the need for Nigeria to negotiate agreements that protect the interests of Nigerian businesses while maximising the economic benefits of the country’s mineral resources.

She noted that Nigeria had waited too long to participate actively in the global critical minerals and rare earths supply chain, while other African countries, including South Africa, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone, had been mining minerals for years.

The minister also said formal mining operations could create jobs for young people in communities affected by insecurity and help reduce restiveness by

Tinubu hospitalised in France- Sowore alleges as fresh concerns mount over President’s health

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Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently hospitalised in France.

Sowore made the allegation on Monday during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme.

 

He was reacting to President Tinubu’s prolonged absence from Nigeria after the president had initially travelled abroad for an official three-week engagement.

 

According to Sowore, some of the president’s recent public appearances were allegedly staged to conceal a serious health condition.

 

He drew comparisons with the situations surrounding the prolonged absences of former Presidents Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Muhammadu Buhari when they were receiving medical treatment abroad.

 

“Reliable sources have said Tinubu is undergoing treatment in France. Those once-in-a-while appearances are designed to fool the public.

 

“They use the same language they used when Yar’Adua and Buhari were sick and in the hospital for a long time, saying the president can govern from anywhere.

 

“I’ve been in the US for the last two weeks, and I was also monitoring what was happening at the United Nations General Assembly.

 

“Tinubu is hospitalised in France. I don’t know what ailment it is because we don’t have those details, and that is why they have not discharged him from the hospital,” Sowore said.

 

Sowore did not provide evidence to substantiate the allegation or disclose the identity of the sources he referred to.

 

The presidency has not, in the material provided, confirmed the allegation that Tinubu is hospitalised in France.

Nigeria’s DSS arraigns four IPOB members over alleged killing of operative, orders remand

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The Department of State Services, DSS has arraigned four suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of its operative, Ekpeyong Asuquo Owoh.

The defendants were arraigned on Monday before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on a six-count charge bordering on terrorism, kidnapping and other related offences.

 

Those arraigned are Michael Okafor, aka Onyechimeleze; Chinedu Joseph Chukwudozie, alias Kante; Chibunna Olisa; and Chigozie Olisa, aka Ability.

 

The prosecution alleged that the defendants conspired to commit acts of terrorism and participated in the abduction of Owoh while he was travelling from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to Awka, Anambra State.

 

According to the prosecution, the DSS operative was taken hostage and subsequently killed during the alleged operation.

 

The defendants were also accused of being members of IPOB and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), which the government has designated as a proscribed organisation.

 

The prosecution further alleged that the defendants were involved in activities linked to terrorism and unlawfully possessed firearms, including AK-47 and pump-action rifles, in connection with the alleged offences.

 

The charges followed investigations into the circumstances surrounding the abduction and killing of the DSS operative and the alleged activities of the defendants.

 

When the charges were read to them on Monday, the four defendants pleaded not guilty to all the counts.

 

Following their pleas, DSS counsel, Munirat Oladunjoye, asked the court to fix a date for the commencement of trial.

 

Oladunjoye told the court that the prosecution had three witnesses who would testify during the trial.

 

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik subsequently fixed October 6, 2026, for the commencement of trial and ordered that the four defendants be remanded in DSS custody pending further proceedings.

 

Kelvin Ekwe appeared in court as counsel to the defendants.

 

 

 

Tinubu: Rufai Oseni explains why Senate President Akpabio rejected ‘acting president’ title

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Arise Television’s Morning Show anchor, Rufai Oseni, has explained why Senate President Godswill Akpabio rejected being addressed as Nigeria’s acting president while President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima were outside the country.

 

Oseni said Akpabio’s insistence that he was not the acting president suggested that he was unwilling to assert the powers of the National Assembly as a co-equal arm of government.

 

He made the remarks on Monday while analysing the prolonged absence of President Tinubu from the country.

 

According to Oseni, Nigerians should not expect the National Assembly to effectively challenge the President, given its previous support for the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State.

 

He questioned whether Akpabio could effectively lead the National Assembly in challenging the executive, arguing that the legislature was constitutionally intended to operate as a co-equal arm of government.

 

“So, if you think that this National Assembly will speak up and fight for you, it’s either you’re delusional or you don’t read the news.

 

“You’re talking about the National Assembly standing up to challenge the President. Is it not the same National Assembly that endorsed a state of emergency to settle a political squabble in a state, Rivers State, in the country?

 

“A political godfather and godson were fighting. The President looked at the first option, state of emergency, and it should be on record. The same National Assembly endorsed it. How did they endorse it? Voice votes.

 

“Is it Mr Akpabio that was busy going about to even exonerate himself to say, ‘I’m not the acting president. Don’t call me acting president’?

 

“This was because while President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima were away, some of the political surrogates of Akpabio were already calling him acting president.

 

“So he needed to exonerate himself, and you know what that means.

 

“He was already causing problems. The top echelon, they had already started looking at acting presidents. So he had to quickly clarify that.

 

“So you think it is that same man that will effectively lead a co-equal arm of government?

 

“You see, we forget that they are supposed to be a co-equal arm of government.

 

“I’m sure people that wrote about these things, the Montesquieus of this world, that wrote about the separation of powers, they will turn in their graves when they see the way it’s being done in Nigeria,” Oseni said.

You’re pretending to be unaware of Tinubu’s whereabouts – Presidency blasts Peter Obi

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The Presidency has accused the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, of pretending not to know the whereabouts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the accusation while reacting to concerns over Tinubu’s absence from the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

 

Onanuga noted that two other African leaders, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, were also absent from the UNGA, arguing that their absence did not generate similar reactions in their respective countries.

 

In a post on X, Onanuga said Ramaphosa had taken himself off public engagements, while there was no significant public reaction in Johannesburg or Pretoria to his absence from the UNGA.

 

He added that Egypt also did not witness widespread concern over el-Sisi’s absence from the gathering.

 

“Two other significant African leaders were not in New York for the UNGA: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

 

“Ramaphosa booked himself off public engagements. Johannesburg and Pretoria didn’t show any strong reaction to Ramaphosa not attending the UNGA.

 

“Egypt did not explode, and Sisi did not go to New York. The Nigerian President said he would take his yearly break and asked his capable and trustworthy Vice President to attend to official duties in his place.

 

“Yet Peter Obi acts as though he doesn’t know where President Tinubu is and asks the same silly question that his supporters are asking on X,” he wrote.

 

Onanuga said Tinubu would return to Nigeria to participate in activities marking the country’s 66th Independence Anniversary and honour the late business mogul and democracy icon, MKO Abiola.

 

Vice President Kashim Shettima represented Tinubu at the 81st UNGA in New York.

 

Tinubu is scheduled to return to Nigeria from Paris, France, on September 29, 2026.

 

The President’s return was initially expected over the weekend, but the Presidency later confirmed an adjustment to the schedule.

 

Upon his return, Tinubu is expected to spend up to a week in Lagos before proceeding to Abuja.

2027: Atiku promises to increase N70,000 minimum wage on first day in office 

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The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has made a fresh promise to Nigerians regarding the minimum wage ahead of the January 16 election.

 

In a statement on Sunday by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said he would begin the work of raising the minimum wage from N70,000 on his first day in office if elected president.

 

He said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu need not delay in accepting the demand for a wage review by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

 

According to him, the N1,400 per litre fuel price, rent, school fees and other factors impacting the cost of living have made the current N70,000 minimum wage inadequate.

 

He noted that what is most important to Nigerians is not the monthly Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue shared among the three tiers of government, but whether workers can live on what they earn.

 

“Nigerians do not eat FAAC figures. A full treasury is no answer to an empty kitchen. The test of this government is whether the men and women who work all month can live on what they earn.

 

“Nigerian workers deserve an answer, not another round of meetings that ends where it began. I will begin the work of raising the wage floor from my first day in office,” Atiku said.

 

Nigerian Newssphere reports that civil servants had proposed a N500,000 minimum wage or a reduction of petrol prices to N500 per litre.

Meanwhile, the Tinubu administration has maintained that the N70,000 minimum wage can no longer adequately meet workers’ needs, proposing an upward review.

2027: Soludo govt admits Peter Obi did well as Anambra governor

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The Anambra State Government has acknowledged that former governor Peter Obi performed well during his tenure, despite its ongoing disagreement with some of his claims about the state’s finances.

The state Commissioner for Information and Value Reorientation, Law Mefor, made the clarification on Thursday during an interview on the 90MinutesAfrica podcast hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo.

 

Mefor said the state government’s scrutiny of Obi’s financial records was not intended to discredit his achievements or undermine his presidential ambition.

 

According to him, the disagreement centres on Obi’s claim that he left no financial liabilities for subsequent administrations.

 

He said the government’s objective was to clarify the state’s financial records and provide its own account of the financial position inherited from the former governor.

 

Mefor also questioned Obi’s claim that his administration left N12.13 billion in an ecological fund account with First Bank’s University of Nigeria, Awka (UNIZIK) branch.

 

He said the state government requested the relevant account statement from the bank but found no evidence of the claimed balance.

 

“The intention of the Anambra State Government is not to indict Peter Obi. Peter Obi did well as governor.

 

“There is no rift between Governor Soludo and Peter Obi. They are both in politics, and they have their interests to defend,” Mefor said.

Network outages: NCC orders MTN, Airtel, Globacom, others to do two important things

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The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has directed MTN, Airtel, Globacom and other telecommunications operators to take immediate steps whenever major network outages occur.

 

The directive is contained in the NCC’s Quality of Service Business Rules released last month.

 

Under the rules, telecom operators are required to immediately report all major network outages to the Commission once they occur.

 

They must also issue public notices about the outage through conventional and alternative media platforms.

 

The NCC further requires operators to notify affected consumers directly through electronic channels, including SMS, MMS and social media platforms.

 

The Commission also outlined obligations for telecom operators after services have been restored.

 

According to the NCC, operators must submit a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to the Commission within 48 hours of restoring services.

 

The RCA must detail the cause or causes of the outage, affected areas, actions taken to restore services and measures put in place to prevent a recurrence.

 

The NCC also introduced a compensation framework for prolonged network outages.

 

It stated that where an outage lasts for more than 24 hours, the affected telecom operator must provide proportional compensation in accordance with the Consumer Code of Practice.

 

The Commission added that any outage exceeding 12 hours within a day would be treated as a full day for compensation purposes.

 

However, the NCC said force majeure events may be exempt from compensation where they are properly documented and reported.

 

The Commission stated: “Licensees shall comply with the following requirements:

“a. Immediate Reporting: All Major Network Outages shall be reported immediately to the Commission upon occurrence;

“b. Public Disclosure: Licensees shall immediately issue public notices via conventional and alternative media platforms;

“c. Consumer Notification: Consumers shall be informed directly using electronic channels including SMS, MMS, and social media platforms.”

On post-restoration obligations, the NCC stated: “Upon restoration of services, Licensees shall submit a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to the Commission within forty-eight (48) hours,” detailing the cause of the outage, affected areas, actions taken to restore service and measures implemented to prevent recurrence.

On compensation, the Commission stated that outages exceeding 24 hours would attract proportional compensation, while any outage lasting more than 12 hours within a day would be deemed a full day for compensation purposes.

It added that force majeure events, where properly documented and reported, may be exempt from compensation.

UNGA81: ‘Tinubu went to France to do cleaning job while Macron in US’ – Chidi Odinkalu

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Human rights activist and lawyer, Chidi Odinkalu, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his extended vacation in Europe, saying the Nigerian leader is behaving like Nigerians who “japa” abroad to work as housekeepers.

Odinkalu said Nigerians who leave the country to clean houses and take up menial jobs abroad are doing essentially what Tinubu is currently doing by staying in Europe while the presidents of some of the countries he is visiting are in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA.
He made the remarks on Channels Television on Wednesday while discussing Tinubu’s absence from Nigeria due to his extended vacation in Europe.
Speaking about the constitutional provision on the transmission of power after the President has been away for 21 days, Odinkalu said the matter was not straightforward.
“It’s not that straightforward. We’ve got to be intellectually honest, whether or not we agree with that. The Constitution says 21 days. When you look at the Interpretation Act, the 21 days would mean 21 working days, and 21 working days is effectively four weeks.
“Sadly, four calendar weeks, because you don’t count public holidays, you do not count weekends.
“But look, every other thing about this is very squalid, and that’s putting it rather mildly. Of course, my favourite country is across the border, Cameroon. Paul Biya visits Cameroon. He lives in Switzerland and visits Cameroon from Switzerland, right?
“He’s just left back to Switzerland, for instance, having been in Cameroon for like four or five days after nearly 80 days of being away.
“Now, President Tinubu has been away for 24 days. It’s beginning to look like Nigeria is a vacation spot, and France is really where the Nigerian capital is and where he goes to do business.
“I don’t think people should be telling us that our President is running the country. Nigeria effectively has become an ungoverned territory. This is exactly what it is. Nigeria is ungoverned.
“We’ve been talking about our insecurity situation as a reflection of ungoverned territories, and here we are.
“The people running the country have abdicated, gone to look after countries to become basically house sitters in countries whose presidents are in New York.
“So, the President of France is in New York at the moment. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is in New York at the moment. Our President is looking after Europe.
“That’s what people japa from Nigeria to do and become housekeepers, to go and clean houses for other people. That’s exactly what that President is doing. That’s terrible.
“There’s no way to make this sound good or look good, no matter how legalistic you want to be about it.
“It says something terribly squalid about the attitude that leaders at the highest levels bring to governance, and to then casualise everything, they say the country is going to be run by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
“That is, frankly, something I don’t want to. I could be quite brutal in describing that, but I don’t want to use the expression ‘sad’.
“I just think that we cannot take ourselves seriously if we are going down that route.”
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