"It's An Error to Have Career Politician as President": PDP Chieftain Knocks Tinubu, Warns Gov Yusuf

"It's An Error to Have Career Politician as President": PDP Chieftain Knocks Tinubu, Warns Gov Yusuf

  • President Bola Tinubu has been described as a career politician, who is more focused on politics and 2027 than on governance
  • Speaking with Legit.ng, Rilwan Olanrewaju, a chieftain of the PDP, addressed APC's call on Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano to dump the NNPP
  • The PDP chieftain advised the Kano governor to look beyond 2027 and build the NNPP to be a stronger opposition

FCT, Abuja - A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Rilwan Olanrewaju, has described President Bola Tinubu as a career politician who paid more attention to politics and the 2027 elections than governance.

In an interview with Legit.ng, Olanrewaju said Tinubu had abandoned bringing development to Nigeria.

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PDP chieftain reveals why Kano Governor Yusuf should not join APC Photo Credit: Abba Kabir Yusuf, Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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The PDP chieftain made the comment while reacting to the call by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano join the ruling party.

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Governor Yusuf, who was elected on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has been rumoured to be on his way to the APC since the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment that reinstated him after being sacked by the lower court.

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In his reaction, Olanrewaju alleged that the call was orchestrated by Tinubu. He advised the Kano governor to look beyond 2027 and build the NNPP to be a stronger opposition.

He said:

"Tinubu already abandoned bringing development to Nigeria. He’s focused on politics and 2027, which is very bad for average Nigerians. It’s always an error to have a career politician as the president because the primary focus will be politics and not governance.

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"I hope Governor Abba can look beyond 2027 and focus on making the NNPP a strong opposition party across the country."

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Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP chieftain also knocked Tinubu for the economic woes facing the country.

Olanrewaju, in an interview with Legit.ng, described the president's economic teams as local champions.

The analyst disputed the notion that Tinubu solely built Lagos' economy, stating that the commercial city would thrive even with the governance of a person of lesser brilliance.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng