Abbas Demands Performance Audit Of Tinubu’s Appointees, Elected Officials

….. Warns City Boy Movement against fan-club politics

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has called on political office holders serving under President Bola Tinubu, including elected officials and appointees, to render account of their performance and demonstrate what they have delivered to Nigerians.

Abbas also announced plans to unveil a public accountability initiative, the PBAT Stewardship Account, through which he said he would present a verifiable record of Tinubu’s achievements in Zaria Federal Constituency, Kaduna State, the North-West and Nigeria.

The Speaker made the announcement on Monday at the City Boy Movement’s meeting with Tinubu at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.

He said the initiative would go beyond celebrating the President’s achievements to documenting government interventions, their value, locations and implementation status, including projects that remained incomplete.

“It will not be a celebration. It will be an audit,” Abbas declared.

He said he would convene a media briefing within 14 days to present an account of what the Tinubu administration had delivered through his office, alongside a scorecard of the 10th House of Representatives detailing bills passed, reforms enacted, and oversight conducted in partnership with the executive.

Abbas said the initiative was intended to ensure that Nigerians could assess the performance of public officials based on verifiable outcomes rather than political loyalty or public declarations of support.

He challenged political office holders to demonstrate how they had used the responsibilities entrusted to them to improve citizens’ lives.

“The question before us will not be, ‘Whose side are you on?’

“It will be: ‘What did you do with what you were given?’” he said.

The Speaker, who commended the City Boy Movement for taking the administration’s message to streets, campuses and markets, warned against a political culture that rewards declarations of loyalty without corresponding evidence of delivery.

He argued that political supporters and public officials should be judged by their contributions to governance and the impact of government policies on ordinary Nigerians.

According to him, every office holder carries a share of the President’s mandate and owes both the President and the public an account of what that responsibility has produced.

“I therefore call on every political office holder serving under this administration, elected and appointed alike, to render the same account to the people in whose name they serve,” Abbas said.

“If you hold a share of the President’s mandate, you owe him, and you owe the public, a statement of what that share has produced.”

Abbas proposes 90-day accountability framework

The Speaker urged the City Boy Movement to develop a common framework for assessing public officials’ performance, with a defined timeline and mechanisms for independent verification.

He proposed a 90-day period for office holders to account for their performance, arguing that commitments without deadlines often amounted to mere expressions of intention.

Abbas also suggested that local volunteers should photograph public projects, document their condition and make their findings available to citizens.

He called for town hall meetings where office holders would answer questions from their constituents, rather than limiting their engagement to media appearances in Abuja.

The Speaker said feedback from citizens should also be transmitted to the President to help the administration identify gaps in service delivery and improve policymaking.

He urged Tinubu to adopt the proposed PBAT Stewardship Account as a standard for all those serving under his administration.

“Your reforms asked Nigerians to accept hard truths. Let those of us who serve you now show Nigerians the truth of what we have done,” he said.

As an example of the type of intervention the initiative would document, Abbas cited a 100-bed Renewed Hope Specialist Hospital in Zaria, Kaduna State, which he said opened in May 2026.

According to the Speaker, the hospital was delivered through the Tinubu administration’s Sustainable Development Goals programme and handed over to Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital for management.

He said the facility was equipped with operating theatres, a laboratory, ultrasound services and emergency care.

Abbas said the hospital would form the first entry in his stewardship account, explaining that the initiative would connect government spending and projects to their practical impact on citizens.

He said the hospital would help patients receive treatment closer to home, reducing the need for referrals to distant facilities and the associated financial burden on families.

The Speaker said the report would document projects by location, value and status, adding that incomplete interventions would also be disclosed.

“An account that hides its gaps is merely an advertisement,” he said.

Abbas urged the City Boy Movement to avoid becoming a platform for uncritical praise of the President, challenging its members to serve as a link between the government and the communities they engage.

“Do not become a fan club. A leader learns nothing from applause,” he told the movement.

He said the organisation could strengthen governance by communicating the administration’s record to Nigerians while also relaying citizens’ concerns and assessments back to the President.

The Speaker maintained that political mobilisation should be accompanied by accountability, transparency and evidence of performance.

He said he would begin the process with Zaria Federal Constituency and urged other office holders to follow suit by publishing verifiable accounts of their stewardship.

“Let every holder of your mandate open theirs, and let Nigerians judge us not by how loudly we praise you, but by how faithfully we have served the people you entrusted to us,” Abbas said.