A former National Vice Chairman North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said that the government of President Bola Tinubu has demonstrated lack of capacity to ameliorate the worsening living conditions of Nigerians.
He said rather than fixing the country, the federal government was desperately mobilising opposition against the nationwide protest scheduled to take place between August 1 and 10, 2024.
The former director general of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) in a statement issued Sunday noted that as someone who was privileged to have organised protests in the country, one could say without any fear of contradiction that Nigerians, across every part of the country, have never been pushed to the wall like they are today.
He stressed that within one year, virtually everything has crashed, due to the impatience and arrogance of Tinubu.
Lukman noted: “If President Asiwaju Tinubu has turned out to be an impatient leader who is in a hurry to implement policies that have impoverished citizens, why should citizens be patient with him?”
He said the President has pushed the nation to a hopeless trajectory with his unaligned policies.
The former party chieftain said for more than one year, it’s been one explanation after the other, with hardly any clear blueprint or timeline when the downward slide of the Nigerian economy will end.
Lukman said: “Every day, the hopelessness of the government gets more exposed.
“And having pushed the nation to a hopeless trajectory, which has worsened living conditions of all Nigerians, what plan has President Asiwaju Tinubu put in place to fix the problem? Even in terms of ameliorating the challenge facing Nigerians, the government has demonstrated lack of capacity to manage initiatives resulting in compounding the allegations of embezzlement surrounding initiatives to ameliorate worsening conditions of citizens.”
