We should not expect Tinubu to do the same thing he did in Lagos for Nigeria – FCCPC CEO, Tunji Bello

The Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and long-time ally of President Bola Tinubu, Tunji Bello, has urged Nigerians to temper their expectations of President Tinubu replicating his performance as Lagos State governor on a national scale.

Bello, who served during Tinubu’s second term as Lagos governor from 2003 to 2007, attributed the delay in matching his ‘excellent performance’ in Lagos to the ‘gargantuan problems’ facing the federal government.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, he said;

“What I know is that he (Tinubu) is somebody who fights for the interest of Nigerians at any point in time, just like he did when he was in Lagos. Considering what he contributed to the development of Lagos, the expectation is that he will do the same thing in Nigeria. But Nigeria is a different thing entirely. So, we should not expect that what he did in Lagos, he should come and do the same thing.

There is Federal Character in Nigeria, when you get to the Centre. There is nothing like Federal Character in Lagos. That itself is one of the things he has to surmount. He has to consider the interest of different areas. He cannot just say that what works here (Lagos) must work there (at the centre). That should be properly studied. And then, he came in and met gargantuan problems; problems of infrastructure, petrol, insecurity, labour issues here and there, and different things. If you ask me, I will say he has done very well (but) we need to look at some areas and see how that we can recalibrate.”