President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s authorities faces backlash after studies emerged that the previous Lagos Governor paid over ₦12 billion ($9 million) to a Republican-connected lobbying agency to influence the USA that Nigeria is taking steps to guard Christians.
A former mayor of Blanco, Texas, Mike Arnold, has slammed President Tinubu, describing the transfer as illogical, particularly amid rising tensions on insecurity.
The report, launched on Tuesday, said that Tinubu engaged the lobbying agency, identified for its sturdy ties inside conservative Washington circles, to focus on his administration’s efforts to handle Nigeria’s worldwide picture and safe help from influential U.S. political actors.
In his response on X, Mike Arnold criticised the fee, saying it contradicts the realities Nigerian Christians face day by day.
“Whereas Tinubu continues to push false narratives on Christians’ safety efforts, Fulani militants maintain raiding villages, burning church buildings, and slaughtering innocents within the Center Belt,” Arnold mentioned.
Based on the contract, the American lobbying agency is predicted to “help the Nigerian authorities by Aster Authorized in speaking its actions to guard Nigerian Christian communities and sustaining U.S help in countering West African jihadist {groups} and different destabilizing parts.”
The six-month contract runs till June 30, 2026, and contains an computerized renewal for an additional six months. It additionally permits both social gathering to terminate the Bargain for any cause with out penalty, offered 60 days’ written discover is given.