Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has tagged President Tinubu’s Sunday nationwide broadcast as an “empty statement”, claiming it worsened the hunger protest.
The Governor spoke while addressing journalists at the end of an emergency security council meeting held at Government House, Bauchi on Monday.
“I am not the Spokesman for the President but I certainly know that the the speech of the President is empty. It is rather escalating the whole situation”
Mohammed added that the President should have listened to the Governors before the broadcast.
“He should have listened to us because we also listen to our local government chairmen.
“He speaks in a manner that does not show sympathy with the youths.
“We are with the protesters in Bauchi State, but, at the same time, we are not with them interms of unleashing harm and destruction of lives and properties”, he said.
Mohammed explained that Monday security meeting brought all the stakeholders together to discuss the issue of protest against bad governance, hunger, and anger in the country.
Governor Mohammed acknowledged the widespread hunger, anger, and acute poverty affecting the country, stressing that the current situation demanded more than just words but concrete actions.
-9News Nigeria.
