Focus on your state, stop being irresponsible, Presidency tells Bala Mohammed.

The Presidency has reacted to Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed’s recent comments about the president not listening to the people, asking him to face governance in the northern state and stop being irresponsible.

Earlier in the week, Mohammed had a talk with the National Chairman Council of Ulama Jama’atu Izalatul Bid’ah Wa’Ikamatis Sunnah, Sheikh Sani Jingir, over the state of the nation.

Jingir was a staunch proponent of the Muslim-Muslim Ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu to power in May 2023.

“It is true that we are not on good terms with him (Tinubu) because our brothers and sisters are suffering. Even we, the governors, are suffering. Aside from his policies, he does not listen to us,” Mohammed said.

According to him, the north has been most affected by Tinubu’s policies. He added that the proposed tax reform would further impoverish the region.

Reacting to this, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, in a statement on Friday said the governor was playing “irresponsible politics”.

“Governor Bala should face governance and stop using President Tinubu to burnish his vanishing image. Governor Bala is playing Irresponsible Politics. Rather, he should occupy himself with dealing with the many problems of his state. Ambition is made of sterner stuff,” said the Presidency.

President Tinubu is focused on revamping the economy, and he is working to turn the economic fortunes of the country around. He has a four-year mandate to deliver on his promises.

“Nigerians have started to see the real impact of reforms of the Tinubu administration and better outcomes will continue to manifest in the lives of the citizens in the weeks and months ahead.”