Waheed Y.

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[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

May Allah continue to guide President Tinubu to foster greater unity among all our security agencies for a safer and more prosperous Nigeria. Appreciation to the NSA, DSS, and all security personnel—both in uniform and in mufti—for their dedication and sacrifice. May God bless and protect them all.

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@HighChiefOkoro He was the one calling the president Obasanjo and Yar’adua when he had problem as governor but today Tinubu the president did not call Seyi Makinde when he has problem. SMH 🤦

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@DonAzag NECO does not set university admission cut-off marks. NECO conducts SSCE exams. JAMB sets the national minimum UTME cut-off marks, and universities decide their own final admission cut-offs.

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@jighson @RealArije @woye1 @TunjiDisu1 So who should IGP believe, CP or the governor?

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@masurge7 He’d done this far before the First Lady statement.

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@TheRatelNation What about this? Dem no burn any of the big cats well! Scared of nothing! SMH!!

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

TBH, Abuja will be a “wow!”. Seriously speaking, it’s like PBAT assembled a very few core team players for his 8-years time. To borrow from Mr Showunmi’s statement when he visited the president on what he said that he only needed 8-team ministers to achieve success. The rest filled the quota(I guess). Smart & Focus.

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

Respectfully, poverty cannot be tackled without food security, and food security cannot exist without security. When bandits occupy farmlands and forests, farmers stop producing, food prices rise, and poverty worsens. State policing should first secure our farming communities and economic assets. Security and poverty reduction must go hand in hand.

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@BashirAhmaad No. It’s Andy Burnham.

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Verification matters before pushing out the news 📰

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@ARISEtv “If you see something, Say something”

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

This is exactly the conversation Nigeria needs.

Every month, billions flow to the grassroots through FAAC, yet many communities still struggle with insecurity, poor roads, inadequate healthcare, and unemployment.

Let’s move beyond emotions and examine the numbers, the responsibilities, and the results. Accountability begins when citizens understand how public funds are allocated and spent.

Orire LGA today. The rest of the 774 LGAs tomorrow.

Knowledge drives accountability. Accountability drives development.

#Project774

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To me, the President approving the creation of forest guards almost feels like treating sub-national governments with kid gloves. Citizens’ lives matter too much for state and local authorities to remain largely reactive on security matters.

Sub-national governments are supposed to take proactive measures on local security, intelligence gathering, rural surveillance, and community protection — not wait for the Presidency to provide the active antidote after insecurity has escalated.

Security must become a serious constitutional and governance responsibility at state and local levels, backed by visible spending, accountability, and measurable action.

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

The ongoing Oyo State kidnapping protest should evolve into a broader grassroots accountability movement on how FAAC allocations and security funds are being spent at state and local government levels.

Citizens should begin asking:
How much came into the state and LGAs?
How much was allocated to security?
What was used for rural surveillance, patrol support, streetlights, road access, and local intelligence gathering?

If Nigerians sustain these conversations daily across social media, radio, and community spaces, sub-national governments will begin facing the same public scrutiny usually reserved for the centre.

Real accountability starts when citizens follow the money closest to them.

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

Worse, political actors across different levels often protect one another because of alliances, party interests, and second-term calculations.
The people then become confused about where power truly lies and who should be held accountable.

Citizens complain about roads, schools, markets, hospitals, insecurity, sanitation, and local infrastructure — many of which are directly under state and local governments — yet the centre gets all the attention.

This culture has strengthened complacency across the political class.
As long as Nigerians focus only on Aso Rock, many governors, lawmakers, and council officials will continue to fail quietly without public accountability.

This is not about defending any President or political party. It is about restoring democratic accountability at EVERY level of government.

Until Nigerians begin holding governors, local governments, and legislators accountable with the same energy directed at the Presidency, the cycle of suffering may continue regardless of who occupies Aso Rock.

The real power of democracy resides with the people.
And that power becomes strongest when accountability starts from the grassroots upward — not only from the centre downward.

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

Nigeria’s suffering cannot be blamed on the Presidency alone while governors, legislators, state assemblies, and local governments escape scrutiny.
We have normalized over-centralizing every problem around Abuja while failures at sub-national levels continue unchecked.

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

Instead, every failure is pushed to the President while many local and state actors operate without pressure, oversight, or consequences.
That is the irony of our democracy.

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Mr President has publicly reeled out projects, reforms, and explanations on how federal allocations are being utilized.
Citizens should demand that same level of accountability from state and local governments.

Democracy becomes stronger when citizens monitor ALL levels of government, not just the centre.
The pressure for accountability must move downward simultaneously across all 774 LGAs in Nigeria.

Nigerians should begin asking:
• How much entered my LGA?
• What projects were budgeted?
• Who got the contracts?
• What has been completed?
• Why are projects abandoned?
That is how accountability starts.

This is not about shielding the Presidency or attacking any political party.
It is about waking Nigerians up to the reality that governance failures also exist massively at state and local government levels.

When grassroots political office holders realize citizens are watching, documenting, comparing performance, and asking questions, waste and impunity will reduce drastically.

Nigeria cannot truly change if people ignore the governments closest to them.
Follow the money.
Demand project evidence.
Hold every level of government accountable.

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

Since 2023, LGAs across Nigeria have received massive FAAC allocations. In Oyo State alone, reports suggest an average of about ₦16bn collectively to LGAs monthly.
Yet many communities still lack good roads, PHCs, drainage, streetlights, and quality primary schools.

[Waheed Y. @waheedY02]

Every community knows its bad roads.
Every ward knows its abandoned PHC.
Every parent sees the condition of primary schools.
Every resident experiences failed streetlights and flooding from poor drainage.
These are largely grassroots governance issues.