‘No Sense of Urgency Towards Solving Problems’- Dumebi Kachikwu Raises Eyebrows on Tinubu’s Leadership Style
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has decried the leadership style of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu saying Tinubu lacks good strategies in solving problems.
Kachikwu, during an ARISE TV interview pointed out that the steps Tinubu has taken so far since he became president were not progressive as he lacks good advisers.
“A president can only be as good as his advisers. I don’t know his advisers but I believe that they got it wrong.” He said.
While giving his perspectives on Tinubu’s N8,000 palliative, the fuel subsidy removal, Tinubu’s cabinet members, and cash transfers on going in the country, the ADC 2023 Presidential candidate said, “Tinubu takes two steps forward and ten steps backwards.”
The politician also stated that the N8,000 palliative the government is planning to share to poor Nigerians would do nothing to cushion the effects of subsidy removal.
He said, “I don’t know how to understand a president who wanted the position all his life can afford to act in the manner that suggests he doesn’t have the sense of urgency towards solving problems.”
“I personally expected that the president in the first two weeks would have to put his cabinet list out there for Nigerians to start vetting these people. I expected to hear and see a lot of policy statements in areas that are pressing.
“We saw the removal of subsidy in the petroleum. He campaigned on that. I, too, campaigned on that but I believe that Nigeria should not suffer for the failure of a few people, for the failure of government in its inability to manage subsidy.
“What we should have done was removing or suspending subsidy temporarily while putting in place stronger and more refined processes to ensure that people don’t abuse the subsidy.
“Let’s also look at the cash transfer they are about to do. We saw the last government do that. We saw how it failed. We saw how it was abused. And I expected that the government would come up with a much better plan.
“There are people who believe that the cash transfer will have a multiplier effect on the economy. But in the case of Nigeria, eight thousand naira will do absolutely nothing. And I don’t understand how the president could’ve bought into that.
“A president can only be as good as his advisers. I don’t know his advisers but I believe that they got it wrong. Tinubu takes two steps forward and ten steps backwards.”
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