Ayodele Olalere
Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, on Tuesday, said President Bola Tinubu has disappointed Nigerians who voted for him because of his ‘ indifferent, insensitive and unresponsive’ economic policies.
Adams expressed his disappointment in an open letter he wrote to the President titled ‘President Bola Tinubu, time is going’,
The Generalissimo of Yoruba land noted that while Nigerians have no regret for having been created to occupy a country blessed with natural and human resources, like Nigeria, leaders who had led the country in the past since 1960, have disappointed Nigerians with their bad and selfish leadership.
Reminding President Tinubu of his ‘Emilokan’ slogan under which he campaigned in 2023 presidential election, Gani Adams stated many Nigerians ‘were persuaded’ to vote for him because they saw him as a Democrat who could perform better than his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari,
“Today, events have proved that they were wrong. Mr President, to say the truth without minding whose ox is gored, you have disappointed many Nigerians who thought you were the messiah they were waiting for.
He said however one year after he became President, the price of a litre of fuel which was less than N200.under Buhari Is now more than N1000.
“As the Minister of Petroleum, I ask you, what type of reform is this? In May 2023, the Naira to a Dollar was less than N740. Today, it is more than N1,600,’ Gani lamented.
“Now, your two right-hand men when you were Governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, Wale Edun (Finance Minister) and Yemi Cardoso (CBN Governor) are in charge of the economy.
“What exactly are the fiscal, economic and financial briefings they give you daily to convince you that they know what they are doing in those two offices?
On insecurity, Gani Adams noted that Nigerians were hopeful Tinubu would solve insecurity experienced under Buhari.but have been disappointed by the ‘rising spate of insecurity across the country’ ‘ which he said ‘has put to question the kind of briefings you get daily, especially, from the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the Chief of Army Staff, General Taoreed Lagbaja, and other Security Chiefs on their modus operandi to send these killers to where they belong?’
He added that Nigerians are now frustrated with the way the President is governing them coupled with incessant harassments of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, and activists by security agents.
Gani reminded the President he(Tinubu) played a ‘radical’ role after he left government as governor in 2007′ to challenge the status quo at the national level but expressed disappointment that the President is not hunting down protesters protesting against his government.
“Obviously, your administration is becoming indifferent, insensitive and unresponsive to the plights of millions of Nigerians who can no longer meet their daily needs.
“This is a brutal assault on the sensibility of Nigerians. I think you and your party should be sensitive to the plights of Nigerians,” Gani wrote.
He warned the President that Nigerians can no longer bear the hardship caused by increase in fuel price and urged him to take necessary actions to remedy the situation.
