What is your assessment of Tinubu’s two years in office?
Well, Tinubu’s administration for two years has been far below expectations because his personality in governance is not strange to the Nigerian political climate. He was a governor in Lagos for eight years, so when he was elected, a lot of Nigerians who cast their votes for him had high expectations of him. He was seen as the Lagos miracle maker, and Nigerians expected that in spite of whatever situation that was on ground, which Nigerians are also conversant with, he was the proper person to change things. Disappointingly, he dashed their hopes from day one and that sent a signal that he lacked comprehension of the country’s situation. That is because he removed the fuel subsidy without even a government on ground. And if there was no government on ground, the fundamental question is who would have subjected his thoughts and aligned it with the reality on the ground and if there were suggested methods and mechanisms of dealing with the crisis of the withdrawal. So, that statement of ‘subsidy is gone’ was quite reckless and was not expected of a leader who is familiar with governance. So, that statement of ‘subsidy is gone’ was quite reckless and unexpected of a leader who is also familiar with governance, even though he and his men have appropriated it to be correct. But some of us, who are familiar with governance, considered it as the worst cowardice any leader will ever demonstrate. That is because if he was courageous enough, then he could have subjected the policy to a superior argument and the litmus test of scrutiny and he could have faced a panel and defended it; that is courage. But to cowardly ambush Nigerians as he did, was not courage at all. So, the sum total of what I’m saying is that the beginning of his administration ushered in what we are dealing with today. My assessment of his performance is that it has been far below expectations and disappointing.
You have seen the number of endorsements President Tinubu is getting from the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership, the APC governors and National Assembly leadership among others; what do you make of the endorsements?
