The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said governors and local government chairmen, not the Federal Government, should be held accountable whenever kidnappings occur in their states.
Bwala said this on Wednesday during an appearance on The Morayo Afolabi-Brown Show, where he was questioned on the Federal Government’s handling of the ongoing Oyo State school abduction and rising insecurity across the country.
“Every kidnapping and abduction that takes place in any state of Nigeria, hold that governor responsible. All the kidnappings have taken place in local government,” he said.
He specifically referenced the Save the School Initiative, a federal programme he said had provided states with funds for perimeter fencing and early warning systems in schools, and challenged Nigerians to query their governors on how the money was spent.
“There was this thing called the Save the School Initiative, in which monies were given to states to create perimeter fencing, early warning signs and all of those checks in schools. Ask your governor where that money went to,” he said.
