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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says it has become difficult to speak truth to power under the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
Makinde said this on Saturday at a function in Ibadan, where he compared the style of the Tinubu government with what he described as a more consultative approach during the tenure of late President Muhammadu Buhari.
The governor also slammed the Tinubu administration’s handling of the tax reform bills.
“You cannot speak truth to power in this dispensation. We had the same situation in this dispensation; it was the tax bill, and we said, ‘Look, bring the tax bill; bring it back; let us all have an opportunity to look dispassionately at it.’
“They said the tax bill will go ahead. It is an affront for even the governors to be saying what the Presidency has done to send the tax bill to the National Assembly. The tax bill, we don’t know what was passed at the National Assembly, we don’t also know what was signed up,” he said.
The event drew dignitaries including the immediate past Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, whom the governor said he missed his style of leadership.
