Economic crisis caused by transfer of Lagos template to Abuja, says Dele Momodu

Dele Momodu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the country’s current economic problems arose because some persons tried to replicate the Lagos template in Abuja.

Momodu spoke on Monday during an interview with Channels Television.

The PDP chieftain criticised the makeup of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet, adding that he would struggle to name 10 current ministers alongside their accomplishments.

Momodu said most persons around the president cannot tell him the truth because their lives depend on him.

“Today, God is my witness, if you ask me to name ten ministers in Tinubu’s cabinet and to tell you what they did or did not do before they were appointed, I will struggle,” Momodu said.

“That is the truth. Look, what we have today is that someone transferred the Lagos template to Abuja and that’s why we are failing.

“Nigeria parades some of the greatest human beings on planet earth. I have travelled a bit. There is nowhere up to Australia that I did not meet Nigerians doing great things. Where are those people?

“In today’s Nigeria, it’s either you are the son of, the daughter of… Nigeria cannot continue to operate on the basis of compensation. I must compensate my friends and former schoolmates. No!”

Tinubu served as governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007.

Last Thursday, in an open letter to Tinubu, Momodu said Nigeria is in “big trouble”, noting that the country’s economy has “virtually collapsed”.

Momodu asked Tinubu to stop the “reckless propensity for wasting scarce resources”, adding that funds should be used for “serious development”.