Specific advisors for Ball President Ahmed Tinubu regarding information and strategy, Bayo onanuga, has defended the right of his school principal to find a second term of office, which states that President Tinubu deserves the same opportunity to provide his predecessor, the late President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking during interviews on Trust Radio on Wednesday, Onanuga discussed the concerns raised by the Arwa Consultative Forum (ACF) for the marginalization felt in North Nigeria, describing the claim as a political motivation and aimed at damaging the government because the president came from the south.
“This president is a Nigerian. He deserves two of the same terms as Buhari. Do not sacrifice the country for personal ambitions,” Onanuga said, urged the northern politicians to do patience like the South did for eight years of BUHARI serving.
He rejected allegations of italic appointment and infrastructure neglect in the north, said such criticism was baseless and rooted in “political damage.”
“You have to improve your statistics,” he said. “This is all the political damage designed to damage the president. There are bad roads throughout the country, not only in the north.”
Overcoming the accusations of southern dominance in federal appointment, Onanuga quoted several of the main security roles that are currently held by the north as proof of balanced representatives.
“National security advisers, defense chiefs, and two defense ministers are all North,” he said.
The President’s Assistant also refers to the improvement of new security, especially in the state of Kaduna, as part of the success of administrative in overcoming insecurity.
“Places like Birnin Gwari and Igabi (in Kaduna) are now safer. I drive from Kaduna to Abuja without an incident, a trip that was once unthinkable,” he said.
Onanuga stated that the challenges of development exist nationally and should not be framed as regional problems. He called for unity and focus on national progress rather than rhetoric that broke up.
His comments came in the midst of increasing political discourse ahead of the 2027 general election, with several northern groups accusing administration currently supporting the southern in key decisions.