A group, under the auspices of Justice and Equity in Nigeria (JEN), has condemned Zamfara State Governor, Mohammed Matawalle’s use of rumours of a study leave of CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele for what it described as “Matawalle’s cheap media propaganda”.
A statement issued in Kano by the group’s Coordinator, Musa Ibrahim, noted that while the incoming APC Government to be led by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is working round the clock with other governors to boost the fortunes of Nigeria, “the Zamfara Governor is busy upgrading cheap rumour by issuing a Press Statement to further fuel falsehood”.
The statement also accused Governor Matawalle of trying to “divert attention from burning issue of unpaid salaries in his State and failure to secure governorship for the APC”.
The group challenged Matawalle to tell the world if there was kidnapping in his State at the time CBN Governor “suffocated kidnappers of funds, through cashless policy”.
In the statement, JEN argued that the Zamfara Governor was clearly out to promote two agenda: divert public attention from his inability to pay workers salary, failure to deliver the governorship seat for the APC and pursuits of White Elephant projects.
The group called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to “ignore the rantings and distractions of people like Matawalle and put his concentrating on policies and programmes under the Renewed Hope mantra”.