The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has called on Nigerians to demand greater accountability and tangible development from their state governors and local government chairmen.
Yilwatda made the call on Monday in Abuja during the public presentation of Vicious Red Circle, a book on human trafficking authored by Alex Oriaku.
Speaking at the event, the APC chairman noted that with the significant rise in monthly allocations from the federal government, there was no justification for the lack of development at the subnational level.
“No governor in Nigeria collects less than three times—up to four times—what they used to collect before. None,” Yilwatda said. “Two years ago, about ₦400 billion was shared monthly. The last sharing was ₦2.2 trillion. So, governors can do more for their people. Talk to your governors. Talk to your local government chairmen. Let them do more.”
He added that the administration of President Bola Tinubu remained focused on rebuilding the economy and that the APC-led government was “on the right track” toward national recovery.
The event also shed light on Nigeria’s ongoing struggle with human trafficking—a crime that continues to tarnish the country’s image as both a source and transit hub for victims trafficked across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mohammed Mohammed, described human trafficking as one of the most dangerous transnational crimes, likening it to drug and arms trafficking.
“Human trafficking has eroded our social fabric and robbed many of their dignity and future,” he said, noting that the NIA continues to provide intelligence and operational support to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
