A former All Progressives Congress (APC) national vice chairman in the Northwest, Salihu Moh. Lukman, has stated that President Bola Tinubu is on his way to becoming worse than former President Muhammadu Buhari, News About Nigeria reports.
He lamented the growing deterioration of governance in the country, stating that each successive administration has become progressively worse than its predecessor.
According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was worse than that of President Goodluck Jonathan, and now President Bola Tinubu’s administration is on track to becoming worse than that of Buhari.
He expressed his disappointment that, despite the hardship meted out to the citizens by the Tinubu administration, there are no structured engagements regarding 2027, among leading opposition leaders like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
According to him, it is not enough to complain about the government; corresponding initiatives must be put in place to ensure that the APC is defeated at all levels in the 2027 elections.
Lukman noted that though it is a shared concern among these leaders that the situation in the country has deteriorated and is still further deteriorating, there is hardly any definitive engagement with the clear objective of mobilising Nigerians to effect a change in 2027.
“It is not enough to complain that President Asiwaju Tinubu is bad without corresponding initiative to ensure that 2027 results in the defeat of the APC at all levels. If the APC is defeated in 2027, what is the guarantee that the new government to emerge post-President Asiwaju Tinubu will not be worse?
“As Nigerians, we are witnesses of how governments at all levels progressively become worse. With all the confidence many of us had in former President Muhammadu Buhari, arguably his performance failed to meet public expectations, perhaps worse than former President Goodluck Jonathan. Certainly, President Asiwaju Tinubu is on track of becoming worse than former President Buhari.
“Acknowledging that there are isolated ongoing discussions about what needs to be done in 2027, it is very worrisome that those discussions are yet to graduate to structured political engagements on the platforms of any of the existing opposition political parties.
“Unfortunately, if anything, it is almost a case that all the existing registered political parties are decidedly in support of President Tinubu and to that extent therefore working covertly for his second term victory in 2027. So far, arguably, none of the parties, which ordinarily should be leading the opposition to President Tinubu’s government is making any effort to recruit and unite opposition political leaders in the country.
“Instead, all the leading opposition political parties are embroiled in some embarrassing internal crisis, which has pitched leaders of the parties against each other,” he stated.
