The Presidency has dismissed speculations that President Bola Tinubu is planning to relocate the Federal capital of Nigeria to Lagos.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga described as the claims “baseless and fueled by political opponents during last year’s electioneering.”
Hie frowned at the deliberate misinterpretation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to move its Department of Banking Supervision to Lagos and FAAN’s relocation to its former Lagos office.
He clarified that the decisions were mere administrative adjustments and not an indication of moving the Federal Capital to Lagos.
“We have noticed how mischief-makers, bent on fueling needless ethnic mistrust, have deliberately misinterpreted the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to relocate its Department of Banking Supervision to Lagos and the directive of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development that the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria(FAAN) should relocate its head office back to Lagos
“We consider it necessary to inform Nigerians that there is no iota of truth in the interpretations given to the directives in some quarters and the unfounded claims and rumours that President Bola Tinubu is planning to relocate the Federal Capital back to Lagos.
“These rumours, which first surfaced during the electioneering last year, was sponsored by political opponents looking for all manners of weapons to prevent Asiwaju Tinubu from being elected as president by a section of the country.
“The status of Abuja as the Federal Capital has come to stay. It is backed by law. ”
Onanuga says those pushing this narrative aim to create discord between the North and South, by playing dangerous politics
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