The Presidency has requested an inquiry into the civil service system, aiming to root out individuals it identifies as “moles” aligned with the main opposition party, the PDP. These alleged moles are accused of leaking classified information.
Recently, a leaked internal memo suggested President Tinubu’s involvement in authorising the disbursement of N500m from a total of N1bn to Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
These funds were designated for the inauguration of a 37-member Tripartite Committee tasked with discussing the New National Minimum Wage. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, stressed the urgency of the Federal Government taking decisive action to identify and remove individuals leaking classified information and suspected of having allegiance to the opposition.
”This step is crucial in ensuring the security and maintenance of sensitive information,” he said.
Onanuga said, “What is worrisome is, how come a memo written by SGF to the President bearing the President’s signature leaked out? It means that there are some fifth columnists within the government.
“It’s not the first time a memo will leak. There was a memo leak when the President went to UNGA, about a request for money to pay for his hotel bills and you wonder where it is leaking from.
“There are so many moles around who are probably doing the bidding of the opposition. They do not respect the civil service rule for handling official secrets. And it shows that the government should look inwards to probe how memos between officials are getting into the public space. Memos that are supposed to be secret are not supposed to be flying all over the place.”
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