In a communiqué issued on Thursday by Murtala Abubakar, convener of the Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations, some northern youths have strongly advised Bola Tinubu to promptly dismiss Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso.
This call comes in response to the planned relocation of key departments and an agency under their supervision.
The communiqué, co-signed by the group’s director of public communication & strategy, Hashim Tom Maiyashi, and director of gender mobilization, Latifa Abdussalam, appreciated the Northern caucus of the Senate for their stance on the matter. However, the group urged the lawmakers to go a step further and seek the immediate removal of Keyamo and Cardoso.
While advising against suing the president to reverse the decision, the group suggested that lawmakers should instead give President Tinubu a deadline to halt the relocation.
The group stated, “Given the magnitude of the decisions by the CBN and FAAN that demonstrate the unsuitability of their chief executives to preside over federal institutions, we urge our representatives to demand the immediate removal of the Governor of the CBN and the Minister of Aviation from their positions.
This is not a punitive measure but an urgent step to restore public trust, ensure accountability, and uphold the constitutional integrity of key institutions that significantly influence our nation’s economic and administrative landscape.”
“We call on our representatives in the National Assembly to exercise their full legislative oversight functions. We urge them to set a definite deadline for the executive to rescind the decisions related to the relocation of CBN departments and FAAN headquarters as well as to take proactive corrective measures.”