Babachir Lawal: I Earned N930,000/Month As SGF, Now I Make Half A Billion Monthly
“I was earning N930, 000 monthly as the
SGF, now that I have returned to my farm
and reactivated it after my sack, I now
have 4,000 hectares under cultivation,"
he said. “Last year, I earned close to
half a billion naira from my farm proceeds,
I have a cattle ranch that I am developing
gradually and I am back to IT
consultancy, life is now good. Everything
that happened to a man is for his own
good; my sack I would say is rather a
blessing in disguise."
Babachir Lawal, the sacked former Secretary
to the Government of the Federation (SGF),
has boasted of his success after he was
sacked from the government.
Lawal was fired in October for allegedly
diverting funds meant for people displaced by
the Boko Haram insurgency.
But speaking on Monday with Abuja reporters,
the former SGF said he made more than he had
made as the SGF in one year.
He said: “Let me shock you, before I came into
government, I have been in business, I was a
very successful businessman,” he said.
“I am a world-renowned IT consultant and I
have a very large farm, spanning over 1,000
hectares, which I abandoned to join
governance.
“I was earning N930, 000 monthly as the SGF,
now that I have returned to my farm and
reactivated it after my sack, I now have 4,000
hectares under cultivation.
“Last year, I earned close to half a billion
naira from my farm proceeds, I have a cattle
ranch that I am developing gradually and I am
back to IT consultancy, life is now good.
“Everything that happened to a man is for
his own good; my sack I would say is rather a
blessing in disguise.
“Let me tell you, nothing happened to me.
Right from the beginning of the saga, I knew
that the whole thing was fabricated and that
was why I did not give any damn from the
beginning.
“The reason some people don’t like me is
that I am so confident of myself. Did you hear
me defend myself at that time, I didn’t do it
and I will not do it because I know that they
are fabricated.”
He lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s
achievements in fighting terrorism in the
country, saying: ”virtually everything that
was destroyed by the sect, including schools,
police stations, markets and hospitals.
“Before his coming into office, I could not go
to my village, I could not go to my farm or to
my local government, but the situation has
changed.
“Now, I can drive to my house even at 2am, I
can visit the remotest corners of the village
with my family. I go to my farm in the forest
and come back safely. If you have never faced
an unsecured situation, you may not
appreciate what I am saying.”
SGF, now that I have returned to my farm
and reactivated it after my sack, I now
have 4,000 hectares under cultivation,"
he said. “Last year, I earned close to
half a billion naira from my farm proceeds,
I have a cattle ranch that I am developing
gradually and I am back to IT
consultancy, life is now good. Everything
that happened to a man is for his own
good; my sack I would say is rather a
blessing in disguise."
Babachir Lawal, the sacked former Secretary
to the Government of the Federation (SGF),
has boasted of his success after he was
sacked from the government.
Lawal was fired in October for allegedly
diverting funds meant for people displaced by
the Boko Haram insurgency.
But speaking on Monday with Abuja reporters,
the former SGF said he made more than he had
made as the SGF in one year.
He said: “Let me shock you, before I came into
government, I have been in business, I was a
very successful businessman,” he said.
“I am a world-renowned IT consultant and I
have a very large farm, spanning over 1,000
hectares, which I abandoned to join
governance.
“I was earning N930, 000 monthly as the SGF,
now that I have returned to my farm and
reactivated it after my sack, I now have 4,000
hectares under cultivation.
“Last year, I earned close to half a billion
naira from my farm proceeds, I have a cattle
ranch that I am developing gradually and I am
back to IT consultancy, life is now good.
“Everything that happened to a man is for
his own good; my sack I would say is rather a
blessing in disguise.
“Let me tell you, nothing happened to me.
Right from the beginning of the saga, I knew
that the whole thing was fabricated and that
was why I did not give any damn from the
beginning.
“The reason some people don’t like me is
that I am so confident of myself. Did you hear
me defend myself at that time, I didn’t do it
and I will not do it because I know that they
are fabricated.”
He lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s
achievements in fighting terrorism in the
country, saying: ”virtually everything that
was destroyed by the sect, including schools,
police stations, markets and hospitals.
“Before his coming into office, I could not go
to my village, I could not go to my farm or to
my local government, but the situation has
changed.
“Now, I can drive to my house even at 2am, I
can visit the remotest corners of the village
with my family. I go to my farm in the forest
and come back safely. If you have never faced
an unsecured situation, you may not
appreciate what I am saying.”
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