{"id":81540,"date":"2026-01-13T07:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81540"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:15:23","slug":"tambuwal-blames-nigerias-woes-on-failed-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/13\/tambuwal-blames-nigerias-woes-on-failed-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tambuwal Blames Nigeria\u2019s Woes on Failed Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Sokoto State Governor and ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has said Nigeria\u2019s persistent challenges are the result of collective failure by the executive, legislative and judicial arms of government.<br \/>\nSpeaking on national affairs, Tambuwal cited worsening insecurity, economic hardship and weak institutions as evidence that governance has fallen short of citizens\u2019 expectations. He said rising poverty, unemployment and declining public trust stem from the inability of the three arms to fulfil their constitutional responsibilities.<br \/>\nAccording to him, the executive has struggled with effective leadership and economic stability, the legislature has failed to provide strong oversight, while the judiciary has come under pressure, eroding confidence in justice delivery.<br \/>\nTambuwal called for urgent reforms, greater accountability and renewed commitment to democratic principles, urging public office holders to prioritise national interest and work together to rebuild trust and improve citizens\u2019 welfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat\u00a0 Former Sokoto State Governor and ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has said Nigeria\u2019s persistent challenges are the result of collective failure by the executive, legislative and judicial arms of government. Speaking on national affairs, Tambuwal cited worsening insecurity, economic hardship and weak institutions as evidence that governance has fallen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81542,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81540\/revisions\/81542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}