The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has dismissed Nigerian citizens who flooded the World Bank’s social media accounts to beg the organisation to stop lending to Nigeria.
Speaking on Arise Television on Thursday, he asserted that it was election season, hence he would not put it past the opposition to be responsible for the act.
He, however, stated that the federal government has the duty to execute the provisions of the Constitution.
He said, “This is the eve of election, and so, it’s difficult to tell if the citizens who flooded the social media page of the World Bank asking that Nigeria be denied the right to borrow are opposition members.
“Whether they are opposition or not, government has the duty to execute the provision of the constitution.
“In leadership, you listen to people, but when it comes to carrying out your responsibility, you do that in accordance with the law.
“As a a government, you are going to react to a people who on social media said do not borrow Nigeria. What if you have another set of people saying go and borrow? How are you going to move as a leader?
“Leadership is not guided by certain things that do not have the backing of law. World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and experts in the field said our borrowing so far is still in order.”