Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President of Nigeria has slammed President Bola Tinubu over his “airport go to” to condole with the victims of the killings in Angwan Rukuba in Jos North Native Authorities Space of Plateau State.
The previous vp in a press release issued on Thursday, April 9, by his aide, Phrank Shaibu, mentioned the more and more disturbing sample of absentee management exhibited by Tinubu, whose latest conduct in workplace raises critical questions on his dedication to the obligations entrusted to him by the Nigerian individuals, is regarding.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) chief’s assertion is titled, “Presidency in Hiding: Atiku’s Camp Slams Tinubu’s 10-Minute Jos Cease, Lagos Silence Amid International Alarm on Insecurity”.
Shaibu famous that it’s each troubling and unacceptable that, regardless of embarking on what was formally described as a two-day working go to to Lagos, Tinubu has didn’t make significant public appearances at a number of key state features he was scheduled to attend.
“This follows intently on the heels of his shockingly temporary and perfunctory go to to Plateau State, the place, within the aftermath of a devastating terrorist assault, he spent barely ten minutes on the Jos Airport earlier than departing—an act extensively perceived as dismissive of the gravity of the tragedy.
“The justification supplied by his media handlers—that he was continuing to Lagos for official engagements—has now been rendered hole,” Shaibu mentioned within the assertion.
He added that since arriving in Lagos, the president has been fully confined to his personal residence, with little to no seen engagement within the very actions meant to validate the so-called working go to.
“Past the commissioning of the Iperu Airport in Ogun State—an occasion that bore extra resemblance to a partisan political gathering than a solemn state perform—the President has been conspicuously absent from different important engagements. Notably, he didn’t personally attend the commissioning of the much-advertised Opebi–Mende–Ojota Hyperlink Bridge and the inauguration of the Multi-Company Complicated, as a substitute delegating these important nationwide duties to the Senate President, an in depth political ally.
“At a time when Nigeria is grappling with worsening insecurity, rising terrorist assaults, and rising worldwide concern—together with the latest precautionary actions taken by the US Authorities concerning its personnel in Nigeria – such indifference on the highest degree of management is each alarming and indefensible.
“From the fleeting look in Jos to the near-invisibility in Lagos, a troubling sample has emerged: a presidency that seems indifferent, disengaged, and disturbingly informal concerning the weighty obligations of governance,” he mentioned.
Additionally stating that management is just not a ceremonial privilege however a solemn responsibility, the ADC chief mentioned the workplace of the President calls for presence, responsiveness, and an unwavering sense of accountability – qualities which are evidently briefly provide within the present administration.
“We due to this fact name on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently recalibrate his method to governance, re-engage totally with the calls for of his workplace, and exhibit the seriousness of objective required to confront the daunting challenges dealing with our nation.
“Something much less would quantity to a grave disservice to the Nigerian individuals,” he added.