Doyin Okupe, former Labour Party campaign director, urges Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu's administration. He highlights Tinubu's challenging inheritance of a poor economy and emphasizes that Tinubu was the best candidate in the 2023 election. Okupe calls for time and fair judgment for the new administration.
Doyin Okupe, former director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign, has urged Nigerians to be patient and avoid hastily judging President Bola Tinubu's administration.
In an interview on Channels TV's Politics Today, Okupe emphasized that Tinubu inherited a dire economic situation, which differentiates his government from previous ones.
Okupe highlighted the severity of the economic issues left by the previous administration, describing the economy as "prostrate" and governance as "abandoned."
He argued that the challenges Tinubu faces are unprecedented, making it unfair to judge his administration by the same standards as past governments.
“You can never and should never judge this administration like you judged other administrations. This is an abnormal situation in which this administration came to life,” Okupe stated.
He further expressed his belief that Tinubu was the best candidate among those who contested the 2023 presidential election, including Peter Obi of the LP and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Okupe recalled his prediction from March 2022, when he was a presidential aspirant under the PDP, that Tinubu would perform well if he won the APC primary.
“He has come to the government at a difficult time. This is a very bad time for anybody to come and administer this administration.
Of all the people who ran for president in 2023, by the benefit of hindsight, Bola Tinubu is the best,” Okupe asserted.
Okupe, who resigned from the LP in January citing "ideological grounds," called for patience, insisting that Tinubu's administration should not be judged prematurely but given more time to address the nation's challenges.
