By Sarah NEGEDU
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the 2023 presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu as a maverick in politics but a failure in governance.
Adebayo noted that Tinubu could easily obtain A1 in politic, but when it comes to governance, he would always score F9.
His words, “That is a problem because the A1 in politics only means that he knows the political class very well; he knows what moves and motivates them as well as how to recruit them.
“He sometimes retrenches them, retires them and re-engages them because he knows what they want.
“But I wish he knows what Nigerianz want, which are basic services, economic stability and security. If he can not save lives in Benue, Plateau, and many parts of the country, then he has failed,” he stressed.
The SDP leader said President Tinubu ought to have known that politics ended the moment he got into power and ascended the Presidency and that he should have provided the needed governance and managed the diversity of Nigeria well.
He, however, added that the only skill the President has in the management of the economy “is the economization of truth, which basically is what they do rather than manage the economy.
“What we want to do differently in the SDP is to focus the entire politics on the welfare of the people. There will be less controversy if we address the issues of our people going hungry, their health, housing, education problem and others.”
Adebayo also lambasted politicians who are defecting from the opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, describing them as government’s tools to dampen the spirit of the opposition parties ahead of the 2027 elections.
