Don’t Blame Tinubu For Nigeria’s Problems, Says Bode George

He said the one year the president has just spent in the office is too short to fix the problems of Nigeria, because mostly in any administration, the first one year is spent to study the situation of things on the ground.

Chief George who said this at a press briefing granted in his office in Ikoyi, Lagos maintained that most of the problems the Tinubu administration is facing were inherited from his predecessor , former President Muhammad Buhari.

While taking an overview of how Nigeria fared in the last 25 years it has been in civil rule, he said, “The Nigerian state almost collapsed because many Nigerians will agree that the last eight-year was probably the worst in Nigerian history since 1960 when we got our independence. It was as if nobody was in charge of the country.

“Everything promised before the 2015 general elections was observed in the breach by the Buhari administration.

Despite that calamity, it is a pity that some Nigerians have come out to defend that administration, which ruled Nigeria for eight years.

“They are now blaming the Bola Tinubu administration which has spent about one year in office. Government administration is not a hundred-meter dash race. We will advise and condemn so that in a year’s time, we can assess the methodology and performance of the Government.”

Chief George maintained that president Tinubu should be given time to prove himself capable of fixing Nigeria problems.

He noted that in the last 25 years after the military returned to the barracks, Nigeria is gradually becoming the permanent invalid Giant of Africa.

“Nigeria is known as the Giant of Africa but unfortunately, the political scenario since 1999, when the most populous black nation in the world returned to democratic rule, is making this country the butt of jokes globally,” he said.

Chief George explained that all patriots are ashamed of what is going on in the country as the polity is straying towards its elastic limit.

“It is now over-stressed and over-stretched beyond the bounds of acceptability. Our survival as a nation is genuinely being questioned by all lovers of democracy. Violence sprouts everywhere and the country gradually descends into a dangerous gangland where the rule of the bayonet and clubs seems to be the norm.