All the appointees from the North in the administration of President Bola Tinubu should come openly and defend the government
This was announced by theMinister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, on Monday. While reacting to the comments against the federal government by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed the former spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF).
Matawalle, a former governor of Zamfara State, specifically called on Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Special Adviser to the President on political matters in the office of the Vice President, and other leaders to take a position in support of the government.
In a Facebook post in Hausa, on Sunday, Baba-Ahmed said it would have been better for the Tinubu administration if Matawalle had listed his achievements as minister.
Baba-Ahmed had said this after the minister described the NEF as a political paperweight which is a burden to the north.
The minister tackled NEF over a recent comment made by the forum that the north regrets voting for the President in the 2023 general election
