Former youth and sports Minister under the Buhari administration, Mr Solomon Selcap Dalung has shared his opinions and analysis of the two years under President Bola Tinubu. He cited different development indices and argued that the president has done a poor job and will be held accountable by the poor Nigerians in the upcoming presidential election.
Dalung revealed this during an interview with VANGUARD.
In his words, “Well, for the past two years, I think the country has never been as terrible as it is now in terms of good governance, because good governance provides better well-being for the people, and the indices of good governance are transparency, accountability and justice.
Now, these three paradigms in the past two years are nowhere to be found. So, if I am going to score the government on good governance, they have performed poorly. They have scored less than 10 per cent.”
The former sport minister claimed that since fuel subsidies were removed, the country has made more money than it had in the previous two years adding that poverty surge is the highest it has ever been in Nigeria.
He further stated that Nigerians are starving to death due to excessive inflation, making efforts to reduce poverty a mirage.
According to the former minister, Nigerians did not endure this level of suffering even throughout the civil war, with the possible exception of regions where the conflict had an impact on the populace and their surroundings.
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When asked if the president shown respect to minority groups and endeared inclusive governance, he said “Well, the policy of this government is exclusivity and not inclusivity, because if you look at the approach of the government to appointments, it is not only lopsided, but the government has adopted the principle of “Kakistocracy” and not democracy.”
“The minorities have been further marginalized under this administration. The government patronizes associates, family members and concubines more than even giving Nigerians a semblance of peace. So, Nigeria is more divided than ever before in two years,” he added.
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