2027: Tinubu only good at politics not governance, says Adebayo

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo has described President Bola Tinubu as a maverick in politics but a total failure in governance.

He noted that Tinubu could easily perform in politics but when it comes to governance, he would always score low.

Speaking with journalists, Adebayo stressed that the only problem the president has is how to convert his prowess in politics into good governance in form of substantive legacies.

“That is a problem because the A1 in politics only means that he knows the political class very well; he knows what moves and motivates them as well as how to recruit them. He sometimes retrenches them, retires them and reengages them because he knows what they want. But I wish he knows what Nigerian people want, which are basic services, economic stability and security. If he cannot save lives in Benue, Plateau and many parts of the country, then he has failed,” he stressed.

He said Tinubu ought to have known that politics ended the moment he got the power and ascended the presidency, adding that the president should have provided the needed governance and managed the diversity of Nigeria well.

Adebayo lamented that Tinubu lacked the administrative capacity to offer governance to Nigerians including poor understanding of how to manage the country economy. He, however, added that the only the only skill he has in the management of the economy “is the economization of truth, which basically is what they do rather than manage the economy.”

“What we want to do differently in the SDP is to focus the entire politics on the welfare of the people. There will be less controversy if we address the issue of our people going hungry, their health, housing, education problem and others,” he added.

Adebayo also lambasted politicians who are defecting from the opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing them as the government’s tools to dampen the spirit of the opposition parties ahead of the 2027 elections.

He noted that many of them did not join opposition by choice, stressing that those who joined by choice can never defect to the ruling party without tangible progress on ground.