The Presidency has requested an inquiry into the structure of the civil service to weed out alleged moles in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu.
This move aims to identify and remove individuals who are considered “moles” and are believed to be loyal to the main opposition party, the PDP.
The moles are allegedly responsible for leaking classified documents without authorization.
Allub Times recalls that a recent internal memo was leaked, suggesting that President Tinubu approved the distribution of N500 million out of a total of N1 billion to Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The allocated funds were intended for the inauguration of a 37-member Tripartite Committee tasked with discussing the New National Minimum Wage.
The importance of the Federal Government taking immediate and decisive measures to identify and eliminate individuals who are leaking classified documents and suspected to be loyal to the opposition has been emphasized by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
”This step is crucial in ensuring the security and maintenance of sensitive information,” he said.
Onanuga said, “What is worrisome is, how come a memo written by SGF to the President bearing the President’s signature leaked out? It means that there are some fifth columnists within the government.
“It’s not the first time a memo will leak. There was a memo leak when the President went to UNGA about a request for money to pay for his hotel bills and you wonder where it is leaking from.
“There are so many moles around who are probably doing the bidding of the opposition. They do not respect the civil service rule for handling official secrets. And it shows that the government should look inwards to probe how memos between officials are getting into the public space. Memos that are supposed to be secret are not supposed to be flying all over the place.”
