‘If Anyone Tells Tinubu All Is Well, It’s A Lie’ — Says Furious Kebbi Senator Maidoki

The Senator representing Kebbi South Senatorial District of Kebbi State, Garba Musa Maidoki, has criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu over what he described as poor budget implementation, rising hardship and the growing disconnect between political leaders and ordinary Nigerians.

The apararently furious lawmaker made the remarks on Tuesday while addressing journalists shortly after formally announcing his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

The Kebbi South Senator’s defection letter was read on the floor of the Senate during plenary, where he cited unresolved internal crises within the APC and dissatisfaction with the party’s leadership as reasons for his departure.

“I am writing to inform the President of the Senate and my distinguished colleagues of my defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC),” Maidoki stated in the letter.

Speaking with journalists afterwards, the lawmaker expressed concern over the state of the nation’s economy and governance, insisting that Nigerians were enduring severe hardship despite government assurances to the contrary.

“If anybody is telling President Tinubu all is well, it’s a lie,” Maidoki said.

“I have utmost respect for him as a nationalist and as a gentleman, but Nigerians are suffering. Nigerians are complaining. As a father, We want him to listen to the voices of Nigerians and bring succour. Whoever tells him otherwise is lying to him.”

He questioned the Federal Government’s management of public finances, alleging that budgets approved by the National Assembly had not been fully implemented.

“Three years into Tinubu’s government, 2024, 2025 and now 2026, the budgets have not been implemented. He has never implemented a budget. How does a country run without a budget?” he asked.

“We have borrowed and borrowed and borrowed. Where is the money we are borrowing? All the revenue-generating agencies in this country told us they have exceeded their targets. Where is the money going?”

Maidoki warned that continued economic hardship could threaten democratic stability.

“We are happy that democracy has not been truncated, but we are afraid that if things continue this way, it will not be the military that truncates democracy; it will be ordinary people on the streets,” he said.