The president, on Monday, appointed five more persons to the Presidential Advisory Media Team, bringing the total number of such appointments to at least 11.
Despite the bad state of Nigeria's economy, President Bola Tinubu has appointed more persons to his media team, further bloating the size of the government at a time of clamour for cutting down the cost of governance.
In a blithe insensitivity to the current economic adversities of the country and the hardship the government's removal of fuel subsidy has plunged millions of Nigerians into, an emerging attribute of the administration, the president's son, Seyi Tinubu, recently flew in a presidential jet from Abuja to see a game of polo in Kano, at the expense of public fund.
A former editor of Nigerian Tribune on Saturday, Laolu Akande, was at the time senior special assistant on media to the then vice president, Yemi Osinbajo. The rising cost of governance takes a large portion of the national budget without leaving much for developmental projects. Overheads, personnel costs, debt servicing and other recurrent expenditures take a huge chunk of the federal spending.
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