Friday, July 31, 2026 - President Bola Tinubu has asked state governors to “stop building flyovers where there is no numeric traffic” and do more to improve the quality of life of citizens.
The President made the call while receiving traditional rulers from Oyo
state led by Oba Rashidi Ladoja, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, at the State
House,Abuja on Thursday, July 30.
Speaking directly to Oba Ladoja, President Tinubu said the financial
allocations of states had increased more than four times compared to when the
monarch and himself served as state governors.
Tinubu was governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007, while Ladoja served as
governor of Oyo from 2003 to 2007.
The president said owing to the increased financial allocations, governors
are no longer borrowing money to pay salaries.
You have governed before as a
governor. You need to help us communicate to these governors.
Today, the economy of operation
is high. But the money that I’m pushing to the states, if you had had it during
your own time or during my time, it would have been different.
They are taking four to five
times their money. Nobody is borrowing money to pay salaries now. Pensioners
are receiving their pay.
They should do more instead of
building flying over where there is no numeric traffic; build roads and artery
networks to really enhance the quality of life and the accessibility of the
security agencies to penetrate those areas.” he said
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