AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL NIGERIAN GOVERNORS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN

MaTaZ ArIsInG
Dallas, Texas

Subject: “Why the Economy is Stabilizing Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, But the Living Conditions of Ordinary Nigerians Remain Unstabilized”

Dear Governors and Council Chairmen,

I write to you not as an enemy, but as a citizen who loves this country enough to tell you the painful truth.

Something strange is happening in Nigeria right now.

At the federal level, the numbers are beginning to tell a different story.
Forex is more stable. Inflation, though still high, is showing signs of slowing. Revenue to the federation account has doubled. Oil production is climbing. Investors are talking again. The tough reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu — subsidy removal, forex unification — are painful, but they are stabilizing the macro economy.

Yet on your streets, in your markets, in your villages… nothing is stabilizing.

Mama in the market still buys half-cup of garri.
Baba the teacher still owes 3 months rent.
The okada man still fuels ₦2,000 and prays it lasts the day.
Children still sit on the floor in public schools.
Primary health centers still have no drugs.

Mr Governor. Mr Chairman. The economy is stabilizing. But the people are not. And we must ask: Why?

THE HARD TRUTH: YOU ARE THE MISSING LINK

Mr President sits in Aso Rock and sets macro policy.
But you sit in Government House and Council Secretariat — and you determine whether that policy touches human beings.

The federal government no longer pays subsidy. That money is now coming to you.
FAAC allocations have increased by over 100%.
The new minimum wage law is on your table.
Local Government Autonomy is now constitutional.

So where is the money going?
Where are the results?

With all due respect, many of you have become the big dent in the armor of these reforms.

HERE ARE 5 WAYS THE GAP IS HAPPENING ON YOUR WATCH:

1. YOU COLLECTED MORE, BUT DELIVERED LESS
States and LGAs are getting more money than ever in history. Yet boreholes are still dry. Primary schools still have no chairs. Roads inside towns are death traps.
Citizens are asking: “If Abuja has done its part, why is nothing changing in my LGA?”

2. YOU ABANDONED THE PEOPLE’S ECONOMY
The federal government stabilized forex. But who controls food prices? You.
Who controls market levies, bus park fees, and 17 different taxes? You.
Who can invest in agriculture, cottage industry, and skills to absorb the pain? You.
Instead, many states are building “flyovers to nowhere” while farms are abandoned.

3. YOU HIJACKED LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The closest government to the people is now the farthest from accountability.
Caretaker committees. Joint accounts. Projects awarded from Government House.
A council chairman who cannot buy chalk without permission cannot fix poverty.
You killed the tier of government that should cushion the people.

4. YOU COMMUNICATED POORLY AND COMPASSIONATELY WORSE
Reforms are painful. People can endure pain if they see a plan.
But what did you do? Silence. No town halls. No explanation. No palliatives that last beyond camera flashes.
You left a vacuum, and anger filled it.

5. YOU FORGOT THAT LEGITIMACY IS LOCAL
Mr President can be praised or blamed in Abuja.
But the man the people will curse or thank is you — the one they see.
When a child is out of school, they don’t call Aso Rock. They call the Chairman.
When a hospital has no nurse, they don’t write the CBN. They come to Government House.

MR GOVERNOR. MR CHAIRMAN. THIS IS SOUL SEARCHING TIME.

History will not ask you if GDP grew.
History will ask: “What did you do with the money when it came?”
History will ask: “When the nation was bleeding, did you apply balm, or did you apply lipstick?”

You cannot keep blaming “federal government policies” while sitting on the largest allocations in history.
You cannot keep doing politics as usual and expect different living conditions.

HERE IS WHAT NIGERIANS ARE BEGGING YOU TO DO NOW:

1. Show us the money. Publish monthly FAAC receipts and what you did with them. LGA by LGA.
2. Feed the people’s economy. Invest in farms, markets, transport, and MSMEs. Not just white elephant projects.
3. Free the LGAs. Let the third tier work. It is the shock absorber we desperately need.
4. Talk to us. Explain the pain. Show the plan. Be present.
5. Remember: A stabilized economy means nothing if a child still goes to bed hungry in your state.

CONCLUSION

President Tinubu’s reforms may be stabilizing the Nigerian economy.
But you will determine whether Nigerian people are stabilized.

Do not let history record that while the nation was healing at the top, the people were dying at the bottom — on your watch.

The ball is now in your court. In your LGA. In your state.

Nigerians are watching. And we are tired of waiting.

Sincerely,
Comrade Kunle Sodipo FICSSM, MNIMN, ANIPR
A concerned Nigerian Citizen
Public Affairs Analyst and Security Strategist
Abeokuta, Ogun State.
5 August, 2026

Feedback: kdrexafricanchild@gmail.com

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