Dear Mr. President,

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‎I greet you with the respect due a father and the admiration for a mentor. This is a letter from a heart that genuinely cares, written by one who has observed your journey from a distance and can discern the marks of a leader truly passionate about the people.

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‎Sir, I can feel your inner cries and your crave for results, both in your time in Lagos and now in your current mandate. I can say with unquestionable conviction that your heart pants for a leadership that mirrors your vision. Having watched you in different videos and fora, I have seen you challenge and charge governors and local government chairmen to their faces, asking them to produce fruits that match the increased federal allocations they receive monthly and other resources at their disposal.

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‎I am of the opinion that the time is ripe for the hunter to be hunted. It is time for you to deploy your legendary political sagacity to hold these leaders accountable. Use this electioneering period to demand scorecards worthy of good governance. Let it be known that if their projects do

not match their monthly paychecks, they should be shown the way out as that makes them bad managers of much needed resources. Their political dreams should be cut short like the witch that killeth without leaving a trace of blood.

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‎Let them understand that there is a time for everything under the sun: a time to work, and a time for that work to be accounted for. Let them feel the pains you feel when they fail to deliver on promises and expectations which in the long run, tend to blight your good works and intentions. Let them feel the pain of every Nigerian the pain of those victimized by insecurity because a governor refused to create LCDAs for proper coordination, or failed to provide vehicles and gadgets to security personnel while pocketing security votes. Let them feel the pangs of a mother who loses a child because a primary health center lacks a doctor due to poor salaries, or the pain of pupils studying in classrooms without furniture.

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‎Put their political careers into jeopardy just as they have kept their citizens in darkness by failing to tap into the decentralization of electricity you signed into law. Abort their political destinies just as their negligence has aborted the destinies of many Nigerians. Ensure they do not receive the tickets they desire to return to office. This political reckoning should extend to ministers, DGs of MDAs, members of the National Assembly, and local government chairmen who are neither fruitful nor progressive. Also make their political roads as rough and impassable as the rural roads they refuse to build and their daily lives as costly as food items that couldn’t be evacuated from rural areas because of lack of access roads.

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‎We recognize that we practice a democratic constitution, but the game remains the game. They have played their own game with the lives of citizens; now, you must play your cards with their political careers.

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‎Finally, please note that we are your political sons and daughters. Though we may not be part of your inner caucus, we have unalloyed dedication to your entrenchment and continue to labour far beyond many of those around you to see you succeed. We are out there daily, preaching the leadership you represent and raising men and women to become walking carriers of your political grace. We are the BAT Ideological Group, and we have zero tolerance for those who play politics devoid of the intellect and drive to get things done.

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‎God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

‎God bless Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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‎Your strength shall be renewed like that of an eagle.

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Bamidele Atoyebi

Convener BAT-IG