Former presidential spokesperson Doyin Okupe has come to the defense of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
Okupe, speaking in an interview with NAN on Thursday, August 29, 2024, in Lagos, stated that the current economic indicators prove that Nigeria’s economy is beginning to recover.
The former Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation was responding to the criticism of Tinubu by Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, regarding the economic hardship in the country.
On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, a report by NAN stated that Afenifere blamed the collapse of the economy on President Tinubu’s failed policies.
Deputy leader Chief Oladipo Olaitan and Deputy Secretary-General Alade Rotimi John believed that the state of the economy had left citizens consumed by hardship.
In response, Okupe mentioned that Afenifere has consistently shown true nationalism by criticizing the government, even though a Yoruba man, Asiwaju Tinubu, is the current president of the country.
“It is commendable that Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation and now a political group, has always lived up to its nationalistic stance.
“This is done by criticising the government of the day even though a Yoruba man, Asiwaju Tinubu, is the current president of the country.
“This is one of the outstanding and commendable attributes of the Yoruba people as a race and Afenifere has been consistent in this patriotic display of true nationalism.
“However, while it is true that the country and its citizens are undergoing very harsh socio-economic conditions, primarily because of strong and brave economic policies put in place to correct the economic quagmire brought on the country by the previous administration, economic indicators show that the economy is beginning to make a recovery, and an obvious turn around is now clearly observable,” Okupe said.
According to him, all hands must now be on deck to support the administration in its efforts to revamp the economy
