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Hakeem Baba-Ahmed Laments His Experience As Adviser, Says He Never Sat With Tinubu

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Last updated: April 29, 2025 9:00 am
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A former Special Adviser on Political Affairs to Vice President Kashim Shettima, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu is genuinely isolated.

Baba-Ahmed said he never sat with Tinubu to discuss any issues while he was working in the presidency.

Featuring on Arise Television’s Prime Time show, Baba-Ahmed said Tinubu doesn’t seem to have time for a lot of people working for him in the Presidency.

He pointed out that Nigeria will be a better place if Tinubu makes himself more available to those around him.

According to Baba-Ahmed: “I think I met the president three times in the mosque in the Villa and we shook hands while I was there.

“I never had the chance to sit down with Tinubu, I think part of the problem is that he never really had time for people like us. I’m not sure he had time for a lot of the people working for him.

“The president is genuinely isolated, whether it’s by choice or circumstances – we don’t understand – the bottom line is that he ought to be available a little more to the people he had trusted to run ministries, departments or to advice him and that’s a problem for the country, not so much for him.

“The president of Nigeria is a hugely powerful person and also carries a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders.

“So if he is not going to look for solutions to problems from the people he appointed, there are only two options left – is he getting advice from the wrong people, or is he getting no advice at all?

“If you hear people close to him (Tinubu) speak about Nigeria, it’s like we live in two different worlds, that is the most frustrating thing for me. We will leave the Villa, go home and watch real people talk. We know how desperate the country is, how difficult life is, the insecurity level – how high it is, people are losing hope.

“Sometimes they ask, What are you doing there? ‘ We thought with people like you, we won’t be seeing some of these things. Are you guys really advising the president on some of these things?

“It all amounts to this idea that the president is getting advice from the people he hasn’t appointed officially ……..I believe that if Tinubu were more open to suggestions and advice and if he had higher quality of people handling sensitive positions for him, and he makes himself available where they talk to him, I think the country will be better.”

A former Special Adviser on Political Affairs to Vice President Kashim Shettima, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu is genuinely isolated.

Baba-Ahmed said he never sat with Tinubu to discuss any issues while he was working in the presidency.

Featuring on Arise Television’s Prime Time show, Baba-Ahmed said Tinubu doesn’t seem to have time for a lot of people working for him in the Presidency.

He pointed out that Nigeria will be a better place if Tinubu makes himself more available to those around him.

According to Baba-Ahmed: “I think I met the president three times in the mosque in the Villa, and we shook hands while I was there.

“I never had the chance to sit down with Tinubu, I think part of the problem is that he never really had time for people like us. I’m not sure he had time for a lot of the people working for him.

“The president is genuinely isolated, whether it’s by choice or circumstances – we don’t understand – the bottom line is that he ought to be available a little more to the people he had trusted to run ministries, departments or to advice him and that’s a problem for the country, not so much for him.

“The president of Nigeria is a hugely powerful person and also carries a lot of responsibilities in his shoulders.

“So if he is not going to look for solutions to problems from the people he appointed, there are only two options left – is he getting advice from the wrong people, or is he getting no advice at all?

“If you hear people close to him (Tinubu) speak about Nigeria, it’s like we live in two different worlds, that is the most frustrating thing for me. We will leave the Villa, go home and watch real people talk, We know how desperate the country is, how difficult life is, the insecurity level – how high it is. People are losing hope.

“Sometimes they ask, what are you doing there? ‘ We thought with people like you, we won’t be seeing some of these things. Are you guys advising the president on some of these things?

“It all amounts to this idea that the president is getting advice from the people he hasn’t appointed officially ……..I believe that if Tinubu were more open to suggestions and advice, and had higher-quality people handling sensitive positions for him, and he makes himself available where they talk to him, I think the country will be better.”

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