Former Director-General of the Labour Party presidential campaign, Dr Doyin Okupe, has stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu possesses better policy documents compared to his two major rivals, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar in the last general elections, News About Nigeria reports.
He made this statement while assessing the performance of President Bola Tinubu’s administration on Tuesday.
Okupe noted that Labour Party flag bearer, Obi, lacked a policy document to support his campaign mantra of moving Nigeria from consumption to production.
He added that Atiku’s policies are not applicable to the reality on the ground.
According to him, former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration left the country in a precarious financial state, which made Atiku’s plans unrealistic.
Okupe also commended Tinubu for implementing reforms and addressing key national issues early in his administration, particularly regarding foreign exchange and tax reform.
He stated, “The premise Atiku placed his testament on was sinking, and it can’t work. As for Peter Obi of the Labour Party, he did not give any document to Nigerians that he was going to work on. In the Labour Party, we didn’t have a document that we could adopt as a policy document for what was going on.
“All we were saying was that we wanted to take Nigeria from consumption to production; good rhetoric, but it was not grounded in policy development or principle application.
“Tinubu tackled foreign exchange issues, stopping individuals from exploiting earnings through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) connections. Two months after getting into government, he set up a committee to look into tax reform, which was in his agenda.”
