2ND ANNIVERSARY: SOWORE ACCUSES TINUBU OF ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT, DETERIORATING NATIONAL SECURITY
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By: Motunrayo Aniwura
Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s two-year tenure, calling it a complete failure. He accused the administration of poor economic decisions, misplaced priorities, and a deteriorating security situation.
In a statement shared via his official X account on Thursday, Sowore criticized Tinubu’s approach to managing the economy, infrastructure, fuel subsidy reforms, and national security.
According to Sowore, the president’s failures began when he allowed Boko Haram insurgents to expand their operations into other parts of the country, including Borno, Yobe, and other northeastern states. He further accused Tinubu of favoring corrupt officials and lawmakers through subsidies, while withdrawing fuel subsidies that mainly benefited ordinary Nigerians.
This statement which was released to mark Tinubu’s second anniversary inauguration as Nigeria’s 16th president also criticized the President over the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project.
Sowore wrote, “Today marks Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second year in office as President.
“A President who takes two years to build just 30km of highway on the 700 km Lagos-Calabar highway project is a FAILURE.”
Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress AAC, further slammed the President’s administration of the Naira, pointing out the low value of the Nigerian currency since the current government came into office on May 29, 2023.
“A man who met the other exchange rate at N400 and pushed it to N1,600 is a FAILURE!” he wrote, referencing the current parallel market exchange rates that have raised alarm over the country’s fiscal policies and inflationary pressures.
On the controversial removal of fuel subsidies, Sowore argued that the policy disproportionately hurt the poor while benefits continued to flow to the political elite.
“A man who ended the petrol subsidy for people with low incomes but still subsidizes corrupt government officials and lawmakers in the name of budget padding is a FAILURE!” he said.
In addition, Sowore accused Tinubu of allowing the spread of Boko Haram from Nigeria’s northeastern states of Borno and Yobe into the North Central state of Kogi, raising concerns about the ongoing security challenges across the country.
“A man who met Boko Haram in Borno and Yobe but let them move down south to Kogi is a FAILURE,” he stated.
Government spokespersons have touted the progress of the administration in infrastructure, investment inflows, and fiscal reforms.
But many Nigerians, critics, and Sowore, argue that the reforms lack transparency and disproportionately favour the elite while worsening conditions for the average Nigerian.
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