A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, believes Nigeria is failing because someone transferred the Lagos template to Abuja.

During an interview on Channels Television, Momodu criticized President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. Tinubu, who served as the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, often boasted of his contributions to the development of the coastal state during his campaign.

Momodu expressed his concerns about the qualifications of Tinubu’s ministers, stating, "Today, God is my witness, if you ask me to name 10 ministers in Tinubu’s cabinet and to tell you what they did or did not do before they were appointed, I will struggle. That is the truth. Look, what we have today is that someone transferred the Lagos template to Abuja and that’s why we are failing."

He continued, "Nigeria parades some of the greatest human beings on planet earth. I have travelled a bit. There is nowhere up to Australia that I did not meet Nigerians doing great things. Where are those people?

"In today’s Nigeria, it’s either you are the son of, the daughter of… Nigeria cannot continue to operate on the basis of compensation. I must compensate my friends and former schoolmates. No!"