President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's quest to be acknowledged within the Guinness Ebook of World Information for the reforms he initiated since assuming workplace is a misguided endeavor, says former Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, in response to the Nigerian President's remark on this regard throughout a speech in Germany.
Tinubu, who emerged as president underneath the banner of the APC, whereas talking on the tenth German-Nigerian Enterprise Discussion board in Germany, had stated: “Nigeria voted for me for reforms and from the primary day of my inauguration, I began the reforms. reforms. For me, in case you didn't put me within the Guinness Ebook of Information, I’d try to discover a approach to put myself in it as a result of I did it with out expectation.
However Frank careworn in a press launch that the one world report the Nigerian chief has set to this point is inflicting extreme financial ache and insufferable hardship on the inhabitants.
He pointed to the abolition of gas subsidies as a textbook instance of Tinubu's misguided insurance policies. He argued that this choice has led to a pointy enhance in gas costs, inflicting widespread hardship amongst odd Nigerians.
Moreover, Frank highlighted the unfavorable impression of Tinubu's insurance policies on the nation's forex, with the change price rising from N600 per greenback to over N1,000 per greenback since his inauguration.
Frank additional criticized Tinubu's efforts to draw overseas funding, claiming that no investor underneath his management will probably be prepared to put money into Nigeria as a consequence of his doubtful character and unfavorable data he has set.
Frank, who’s the United Liberation Motion for West Papua (ULMWP) ambassador to East Africa and the Center East, additionally questioned Tinubu's claims that he had labored for Deloitte, which the corporate has denied.
He stated: “He claimed to have abolished gas subsidies, however gas continues to be sponsored by his authorities even because the folks now languish underneath the burden of astronomical will increase within the pump value of gas and different important petroleum merchandise. He claimed he labored for Deloitte, however Deloitte has since denied having his employment data.
Frank concluded by calling for protest towards Tinubu's authorities, stressing the necessity to withstand and finish the “illegalities and deception” which have characterised his presidency. He additionally urged Nigerians to mobilize each domestically and within the diaspora to make their voices heard and demand a change after all.
