The Particular Adviser on Media and Public Communications to President Bola Tinubu, Sunday Dare, has criticised Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun State, over his remarks on the administration’s Renewed Hope agenda.
Dare, in an announcement on Wednesday, described Aregbesola’s feedback on the African Democratic Congress (ADC) conference as “self indicting”.
His phrases: “Rauf Aregbesola’s current declaration on the ADC conference, that after three years President Bola Tinubu continues to be promising renewed hope, belongs in that class.”
Dare criticised Aregbesola’s tenure as minister of inside, alleging that it was marked by poor outcomes.
He stated: “The outcomes had the predictability and surefootedness of gravity. Jailbreaks like seasonal festivals. A demoralised workforce. A passport system that functioned like a nationwide hazing ritual.
“Borders so porous they might have been designed by a conceptual artist exploring the theme of absence.”
He stated Aregbesola lacks the capability to evaluate ongoing reforms below the Tinubu administration.
“So when Aregbesola now claims that the Renewed Hope Agenda of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a rip-off, one should prolong compassion. He’s talking from the boundaries of his personal administrative creativeness,” he stated.
Dare defended reforms launched below Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of inside, stressing that the ministry has cleared passport backlogs, launched automation, and strengthened border management programs.
Dare additionally cited reforms within the correctional service and improved coordination amongst safety businesses.
The presidential media aide stated infrastructure and {economic} reforms below Tinubu contradict claims that the Renewed Hope agenda is ineffective.
He added: “Aregbesola says Renewed Hope is a rip-off. And he’s proper. All of the roads being mounted throughout Nigeria are a rip-off. The Lagos Calabar Coastal Freeway is a hallucination. The Sokoto Badagry tremendous hall is a pipe dream.
“The Renewed Hope agenda that has paid college charges and stipends for over 1.16 million Nigerian college students is a rip-off.”
“When Tinubu took workplace, Nigeria’s internet overseas reserves had been below 4 billion {dollars}. Right now, they exceed 34 billion {dollars},” he added.