Tinubu gives my daughter federal job despite my criticism - Buba Galadima

A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, said that President Bola Tinubu has helped his daughter to get a job at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) despite his criticism of his administration.

According to the stalwart in the Kwankwasiyya movement, he is still friends with Tinubu.

Galadima, who made the revelation on Wednesday during an appearance on a programme on AIT, described the president as a great politician.

The NNPP chieftain explained that despite his constant criticism of Tinubu's administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) he will ask the president for any assistance if needed.

He added that Tinubu has never seen him as enemy despite their differences in political affiliations.

“We are friends and will continue to be friends. If I want anything from him, I can ask. Let me confess on national television. My daughter used my phone to call the President and the President picked up the call thinking it was me. And they said they are my children and that they are calling him because the country is hard.

“They told Tinubu that ‘our father cannot do this for us and he told us that you are his friend. The little one said she just finished the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), she could not get a job with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) headed by Gbenga Komolafe. He (Tinubu) just asked, ‘call Komolafe’, go and give my friend’s daughter job’. That is why she wants to go to Mecca to thank God and to thank even Mr President.” he said.

Galadima, however, claimed that his daughter worked for former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for four years without pay.

“My daughter worked for him for four years and he instructed that she should not be paid salary.

“Let them bring any voucher where she was paid. She worked for Buhari for four years in Osinbajo’s office without payment,” he alleged.