Ganduje Distracting Tinubu with Comments on 2027
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, recently attempted to use 2027 to distract President Bola Tinubu from concentrating on the four-year mandate given to him by Nigerians.
Addressing some APC support groups at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, Ganduje had told the opposition political parties that there was no vacancy in Aso Rock in 2027.
The former Kano State governor stated that the administration of President Tinubu had been contending with an accumulation of many years of neglect, policy somersaults and other disjointed decisions by previous administrations.
Ganduje further implied that the leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and its chieftains were afraid, having been defeated in the last general election and already foreseeing another defeat.
He described the NNPP as too insignificant to cause any upset politically.
While such utterances by the APC national chairman are not new to Nigerians, he should not distract President Tinubu who has not served Nigerians for up to one year in this first four-year mandate given to him.
Tinubu has more than three years before he completes this first four years and should not be distracted by such sycophantic comments.
Ganduje’s claim that the previous administrations were characterised by many years of neglect, policy somersaults and other disjointed decisions was mischievous and sycophantic because unlike Tinubu who was in opposition since 1999, Ganduje was a key actor in the PDP administrations where he served as deputy governor twice, first from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015.
Under the past APC administration, Ganduje was also a governor for eight years, while Tinubu was a private Nigerian.
He is therefore part of the “many years of neglect, policy somersaults and other disjointed decisions.”
Instead of assuming the unsolicited role of a seer, he should help the president address the insecurity and economic challenges bedevilling the country.
