Ex-NHIS boss Yusuf blames governors for hardship, says they ‘hide truth from Tinubu’

Speaking in an interview on Trust TV, the ex-NHIS boss said
that governors are receiving more revenue under Tinubu’s government but the
funds are not being used for development.

Yusuf said over 80 percent of the country’s challenges are
caused by governors who have failed to utilise resources meant for their
people.

“Mr President, if they are not telling you the truth, listen
to me, I’m telling you the truth that there is hunger in the land,” he said.

“Whatever they are telling you is not true and your
government is not doing anything at all to address this tragedy that is
befalling our people in a country of plenty.”

Yusuf questioned the federal government’s conditional cash
transfer programme, saying there is no evidence that the N419 billion
reportedly disbursed has reached citizens.

“I heard one of the ministers said that they have given ₦419
billion conditional cash transfer. Hello, shouldn’t that number make you
chuckle? Who did they give it to?” he asked.

“The President, everybody will commend you after the removal
of subsidy, you have enough excess that you keep some in your pocket and you
throw some at the governors.

“The governors have seen a lot more money but there is
nothing to show on the ground.

“All they are doing is running around the world, building
bridges and building houses all over the world when our people are dying of hunger.”

Yusuf noted that governors, not the presidency, are
responsible for creating jobs, building schools, and funding healthcare at the
grassroots level.

“Even during Buhari, I said over 80 percent of our problems
in Nigeria all across the geopolitical zones are the governors,” he said.

“It’s not the central government that will provide
employment locally to people, it’s the governors that have stifled the local
governments all this time. It’s not the presidency that would build schools or
hospitals.”

He said Tinubu’s effort to free local governments from
governors’ control has achieved little, adding that state leaders still hold on
tightly to funds.

“The governors are still holding onto their funds and we
don’t see anything,” he said.

“We don’t just sit here in Abuja; we go home and see the
sufferings of our people. The governors get a lot more money, we see them in
SUVs, private jets, dancing ‘Omo Ologo’ as if all is well.”