President Bola Tinubu has urged media executives to extend the same level of scrutiny they apply to his administration to states and local governments, which, he argued, now enjoy greater financial autonomy under his reformed federalism.
The President made the appeal on Friday night while hosting media proprietors and executives at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“We’ve opened up the principle of federalism to the extent that local governments are now getting their money. But how they use it is in your hand, so don’t bombard me alone.
“Look at local government too, and equally, the sub-national,” Tinubu stated.
He disclosed that no state in the country was currently borrowing money to pay workers’ salaries, attributing the development to reforms implemented by his administration.
“Today, there is no state that is borrowing to pay salaries of employees. Yes, we can complain it’s not enough.
“We can complain we are not where we should be, but we have to manage what we have to sustain today, survive tomorrow, and make progress,” the President said.
