Former presidential spokesman, Laolu Akande, has opened up on what he described as growing disagreement among governors in Nigeria’s progressive political camp, revealing that Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, privately questioned Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, over delays linked to funds meant for states.
He made the disclosure during the My Take segment of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande aired on Channels Television on Sunday.
According to Akande, tension has been building quietly within the Progressive Governors’ Forum over leadership style, transparency, and decisions allegedly taken without wider consultation among governors.
Akande explained that the disagreement became more visible after two separate meetings involving governors produced conflicting outcomes regarding the leadership of the Progressive Governors’ Forum.
He said one of the major concerns among governors involved special federal allocations reportedly approved for state governments.
According to Akande, several governors became worried after the funds allegedly failed to reach states as expected.
Speaking on the matter, Akande disclosed that Governor AbdulRazaq privately confronted Uzodinma over the issue.
His words: "Some of these, according to federal government sources, were advanced allocations coming from NNLG to the states, running into hundreds of billions of naira over several months. The PGF leadership was in charge of the sharing among the states, but there has been a delay in the distribution and, what some of the governors felt was, a lack of transparency in the matter. Now, this forced the chairman of the NGF, that is the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to privately challenge Governor Uzodinma to find out; 'what happened to the money, why the money is not coming through as expected.'"
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