By Bayo Wahab
Bolaji Abdullahi, the spokesperson of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC), has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day speech, saying the Independence Day celebration isn’t about his authorities however the nation.
President Bola Tinubu had, in his Independence Day broadcast, highlighted the important thing reforms and financial milestones his administration has recorded previously 28 months.
However Abdullahi disagreed with Tinubu’s submission, saying, “ the President’s speech writers failed to grasp the historic significance of this second.”
Based on him, as a substitute of chatting with the historical past of the nation, President Tinubu dwelt extra on his administration’s efficiency.
“Listening to the President, you’ll suppose he was delivering his price range speech, annual efficiency assessment, quite than chatting with a historical past of a nation like Nigeria, at this vital time. I used to be ready for when the President will anchor every thing he was saying inside a historic context, however apparently, the President was not capable of rise above the restrictions of his administration,” the ADC chieftain mentioned.
He added that every one the issues the President talked about as achievements within the speech are superficial and propaganda, arguing that “most of what the president mentioned concerning the economic system don’t mirror the truth of Nigerians.”
The opposition get together’s spokesperson mentioned he discovered it stunning that the President talked about insecurity in passing, “when each single day, Nigerians reside in concern.”
“For me, I believe it’s a giant disappointment that the President didn’t perceive the historic significance of this second, and quite select to make use of the price range speech to say that is what my authorities has completed,” Abdullahi mentioned.
He concluded that Tinubu spoke as a celebration man quite than as a nationwide chief, stressing that the speech “failed to talk to our previous and encourage our future.”
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