{"id":234209,"date":"2025-08-12T03:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/i-cant-work-with-tinubu-as-president-wouldve-resigned-if-appointed-ex-sgf-lawal\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:13:16","slug":"i-cant-work-with-tinubu-as-president-wouldve-resigned-if-appointed-ex-sgf-lawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/i-cant-work-with-tinubu-as-president-wouldve-resigned-if-appointed-ex-sgf-lawal\/","title":{"rendered":"I Can\u2019t Work With Tinubu As President, Would\u2019ve Resigned If Appointed \u2014 Ex-SGF Lawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I Can\u2019t Work With <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>As President, Would\u2019ve Resigned If Appointed \u2014 Ex-SGF Lawal<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on Monday criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lawal said he would not have coped in the current administration if he were a member of the President\u2019s cabinet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to him, he would have resigned if he were a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Can&#039;t Work With Tinubu As President, Would&#039;ve Resigned If Appointed - Ex SGF\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9M3_ogdlcU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI thank God that I didn\u2019t make the mistake of being in this government ab initio,\u201d he said on Channels Television\u2019s <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Politics Today<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf I were in this government, I probably would have been sacked a long time ago, killed <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">or<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> resigned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lawal said he was comfortable with Tinubu\u2019s governance style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The former member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) accused Tinubu\u2019s government of nepotism, citing the appointments made by the President.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI cannot go to a meeting in which 99 per cent of the participants are Yoruba. The tendency is that they finish the meeting in their language, and I am just sitting there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWhen we were doing the campaign, after he went to Ogun and said \u2019emi lokan,\u2019 there was a Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>platform in which I was participating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThey started insulting us, saying that <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">northerners<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> are illiterate. So I wrote on that platform that these are the people whose votes we would need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe problem with the Yoruba is that when you support them and they win, they behave as if they have subdued you. They will not count your support,\u201d the former SGF said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During the show, he also faulted some economic policies of Tinubu, decrying the inflation rate in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lawal specifically cited the fuel subsidy that was removed in May 2023, lamenting that Nigerians had yet to see the gains of the removal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He accused Tinubu\u2019s government of still paying subsidy, despite the announcement by the President that it had been removed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The ADC chieftain also weighed in on the 2023 presidential election, alleging that it was rigged by the APC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When asked who he believed won the poll, he said,\u00a0\u201cPeter Obi won that election.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Babachir Lawal,Tinubu<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/08\/11\/i-cant-work-with-tinubu-as-president-wouldve-resigned-if-appointed-ex-sgf-lawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Can\u2019t Work With Tinubu As President, Would\u2019ve Resigned If Appointed \u2014 Ex-SGF Lawal \u00a0 Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on Monday criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Lawal said he would not have coped in the current administration if he were a member of the President\u2019s cabinet. 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