The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is said to be behind Lawal's emergence as SGF
Tinubu fingered in Babchir Lawal's emergence as SGF
- Details have emerged on how Engineer David Babachir Lawal emerged as the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF)
- National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is said to be behind Lawal's emergence
- Lawal is currently enmeshed in a controversy
A report by The Authority has revealed how Engineer David Babachir Lawal emerged as the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF).
According to the report, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is said to be behind Lawal's emergence.
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The report states that President Buhari is holding Tinubu responsible for foisting on his administration “an incompetent and corrupt” SGF, in the person of Engineer Lawal.
Bola Tinubu’s alleged strategic “move” had long been interpreted by the president and some members of his kitchen cabinet as representing part of a larger plot to “hijack” the machinery of government by ensuring that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the “engine room” of the administration.
An unnamed source quoted in the report said: “The Yorubas sure have an agenda. Look at the 2016 budget, with more than N52 billion allocated to Lagos state and less than N3 billion for Yobe state. Bola Tinubu fought for David to be named the SGF.
“And the only reason was for him to have a strong foothold in the administration and to also ensure that his acolyte the Vice President becomes the star of the administration.”
The SGF’s recent indictment by the Senate has reportedly kick-started a blame game within the presidency as he was not the first choice of the president for the SGF's position.
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The dogfight for the control of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) started from day one with President Muhammadu Buhari taking steps to ensure that only his core loyalists exert superior authority and governance in the present dispensation.
Meanwhile, other unnamed sources quoted in the report, revealed that the minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, “single-handedly” drew the ministerial list.
But for the South-west states he wrote “BAT” - meaning Bola Ahmed Tinubu to provide names, considering the role that he played in Buhari's emergence as president.
The only state that Adamu allegedly filled was Oyo state, knowing very well the relationship between the minister of communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu and the president.
The president reportedly struck out “BAT” and went ahead to write the names of his preferred candidates against the states.
“Quote me, Bola Tinubu has not hijacked this government. ....the ministers are loyal to Buhari. And this was done to spite and punish Tinubu for amongst other crimes, imposing David Lawal. The president sees this as bad faith,” a source further disclosed.
In another development, the member representing Ibeju-Lekki Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Abayomi Ayeola has stated that no one can upstage Tinubu as the kingmaker of South-west politics.
Ayeola who is also the chairman, Lagos state caucus in the House of Representatives, said plots to upstage Tinubu in the region ahead of the 2019 general elections will fail.
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