The Dean of Borno Elders Forum, Prof. Khalifa Dikwa, has revealed that members of the northern elite are dissatisfied with Bola Tinubu‘s leadership, citing concerns over the perceived incompetence of his appointees and the implementation of policies that are not in the best interest of the people.
Khalifa Dikwa said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
He stated that the northern elites are “not happy because each of these policies affects the north entirely.”
“Most of the appointees are either misfits, weak or in the wrong places,” the elder statesman said, adding that the appointments by the Tinubu administration are “lopsided.”
Prof. Dikwa said even “the southern elite should be annoyed because Nigeria is more than Lagos.”
He further described as “provocative”, the 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and asked the President to immediately order the apex bank to suspend the implementation of the new policy.
“This is not the time; it’s wrong timing. Why are they provoking the people of this country? They have taken enough,” he said.
