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Usman Bugaje, a former member of the house of representatives, says President Bola Tinubu’s administration has failed to solve any of the challenges it inherited.

Speaking on Daily Politics, a Trust TV programme, on Thursday, Bugaje said Tinubu’s government is prioritising politics over governance at a time when Nigerians are demanding results.

“There are complaints, not just in the north, including Lagos, the base of the president,” he said.

“It is unfair to get into politicking when you have not effectively delivered your mandate. There will be time for politics, but this is the time to deliver.”

Bugaje questioned whether the Tinubu administration has delivered on the promises it made during the 2023 elections’ campaign.

He said the government has yet to tackle critical national challenges, including insecurity, poverty, and human capital development, which, according to him, are fundamental to the country’s progress.

“These are the questions that are being raised, and this is exactly why the point is being made that rather than spending money in politicking — you know, putting up billboards all over the place and running all manners of campaigns — you would rather concentrate on the job for which you have been elected,” the former lawmaker said.

“This is the second year, or the end of the second year, and there is hardly anything to show for it.

When asked if opposition figures talking about a 2027 coalition are distracting the government, Bugaje said the talks are a response to the government’s poor performance.

“I think they are reacting to the emptiness of this particular regime. Basically, they are beginning to get ready because this government is not performing,” he said.

“If, for example, from its inception two years ago, it solved the problem of electricity, it solved the problem of poverty, it solved the problem of insecurity, everybody would have been quiet by now — basically praising the government or at least giving it time to see how far it can go.

“The government has failed and not delivered on any of the problems it found on the ground.

“I cannot remember if there is any one single problem that this government has solved since inception.”

On Monday, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the former special adviser on political matters to Vice-President Kashim Shettima, said Tinubu was “genuinely isolated”.

“The president really is genuinely isolated, whether it’s by choice or by circumstances we don’t understand,” he told Arise TV.

“The bottom line is he ought to be available to a lot more of the people that he has trusted, either to run ministries or departments or to advise him. And he isn’t. And that’s a problem for the country.”

CodeTemplarr:
Buhari solved none and got 4 + 4 as a reward. How much more the sagacious Yekini?

Educationalserv:
really ! Second Niger bridge? Lagos - Ibadan train ? Kaduna - Abuja trains ? Apapa to Ibadan Cargo trains ? Dadin kowa 40mw Shiroro 900 MW?

muyico:
Lagos Calabar high way nko?
Tax reform

CodeTemplarr:
How many can afford to use those useless infrastructure? Save for second Niger bridge. So buhari added 940 untransmitted megawatts of power and you count it as an achievement?

nnachukz:
Someone is only adding more problems. He not interested in solving any.
But why are the northerners who kept silence throughout Buhari's disastrous reign now the most vocal critics of this insatiable tax collector and stealing gang administration?

muyico:
Lagos Calabar high way nko?
Tax reform

Sharpsharp00123:
student loan nko?

Elusive001:
So N20k is the problem facing the country? If the lives of the parents of students are improved by Tulumbu, will there any need for paltry N20k?

Meanwhile:

https://www.nairaland.com/8414094/n71.2bn-out-n100bn-disbursed-student/6#135208467

https://dailytrust.com/n71-2bn-out-of-n100bn-disbursed-for-student-loan-diverted-icpc/

Sharpsharp00123:
between 20k n 0 naira pick one?

Elusive001:
I pick better security, better economy, better business and work environment, etc. Not $12.5 handouts loans which they are not even sure of repaying due to the bastardised economy and mind blowing unemployment that your god Brough upon.

Let him return the country to Buhari’s era abeg. It was bearable then.

Let him arrest those whom they accused of diverting N71b fess.

But then, why won't you ge excited? After all handouts of 2 cups of rice after standing for days at Bourdilon nah normal.

Sharpsharp00123:
oga leave story n open another thread for that.

Between 20k n nothing

Pick one

Educationalserv:
really ! Second Niger bridge? Lagos - Ibadan train ? Kaduna - Abuja trains ? Apapa to Ibadan Cargo trains ? Dadin kowa 40mw Shiroro 900 MW?

muyico:
Lagos Calabar high way nko?
Tax reform

Ofemannnu:
Don't mind those hypocrites.
What did President Jonathan do except have a little bit of good economy in the course of his tenure and began to borrow money by the end of 2014 meaning that he has made Nigeria bankrupt.