Buhari not in charge of governance – Babachir Lawal

A former secretary of the Federation government, Babachir Lawal, has said that there is no government without an internal caucus, and that the administration is in the hands of the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari retd.).

Lawal said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s “The Verdict 2023” on Friday night.

Speaking about the state of governance of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Lawal said things were out of the president’s hands.

He further stated that those in the current regime who had the ears of the president refused to carry out the expectations of the president or the public.

Lawal also said that before the election of the president in 2015, he had shown a remarkable sense of leadership, previously holding positions such as governor of Borno state, minister of petroleum and military head of state, but had problems with his “lieutenants”. , and deciding who carried out projects and orders when he came to power as president.

“Things are out of his hands, there’s no escaping that. There are people who don’t follow orders they are given. Once they leave where the command is given, they start doing different things. Nothing beats cabal. There is no government that does not have an internal caucus. There is no government. There are people who have the ears of the president, for whom the president should be doing things for functionality, their functions in government, but they’re not doing what the president tells them to do, or what the president expects them to do. or what society itself expects of them.

“I can tell you this, I know President Buhari very well, even long before he became president, and most Nigerians also knew him. And it was expected that, based on his antecedents as a former Governor of Borno State, former Petroleum Secretary, and then President, he had demonstrated a remarkable sense of ability to govern.

“In 2015 we were almost at the same level as now; people were fed up. But when he came in, I think the president had issues with his lieutenants, about who executes the orders he gives and who executes the policies he makes. And that’s really my own side of things.”

Asked about his move from supporting and membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Labor Party, which has Peter Obi as its presidential candidate, Babachir said: “I have seen the light; you can repent when you see the light. I’ve seen the light, I’ve seen the light and I’ve repented, I’m sorry. I did that before. The light is Peter Obi. Darkness is the ancient system that ruled us, which is represented by both the PDP and the APC. No change. Same people, same agbada, same red face cap. The same people. So Nigerians have seen the light, not just me.”