"Why Northern Elites Are Angry with Tinubu": Shettima's Kinsman Opens Up

• Vice President Kashim Shettima's kinsman and dean of the Borno Elders Forum, Prof Khalifa Dikwa, has revealed the reason why the northern elites were angry with President Bola Tinubu
• Prof Dikwa said that the anger of the northern elite was based on the premise that most of President Tinubu's policies were antipeople and directly affected the north
• The political analyst also condemned the implementation of the cybersecurity level by the CBN as stipulated in the Cybercrime Act

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Prof Khalifa Dikwa, the dean of Borno Elders Forum, has disclosed that some members of the northern elites are unhappy with President Bola Tinubu's administration because of his "antipeople's policies" and his "misfit and weak appointees."

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Dikwa, a political analyst from Borno, the home state of Vice President Kashim Shettima, made the position known while appearing on Channels TV's Politics Today on Wednesday, May 8.

Tinubu's policies are antipeople, Borno analyst

The Borno-born professor explained that the policies of Tinubu affected the entire north, and the elites were not happy with such development.

The professor maintained that most of the president's appointees are either misfits, weak or in the wrong places. The elder statesman added that most of the appointments made by President Bola Tinubu are lopsided.

Prof Dikwa said even “the southern elite should be annoyed because Nigeria is more than Lagos”.

Shettima's kinsman criticizes CBN cybersecurity levy

He then described the 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions as a provocative move by the current administration through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He called on the president to order the CBN to suspend the implementation of the new policy.

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His comment reads:

“This is not the time, it’s wrong timing. Why are they provoking the people of this country? They have taken enough.”

The CBN introduced the cybersecurity levy as provided in the Cybercrime Act.

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Tinubu returns to Nigeria

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Tinubu had landed at the presidential villa in Abuja after visiting the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.

Tinubu returned after spending two weeks outside the country and one week after he was last seen in Saudi Arabia.

The president's return came barely a week after the former vice president Atiku Abubakar raised concerns about his whereabouts.

Source: Legit.ng