No Evidence to Date That Tinubu Arrived Prepared — Prof. Wariboko

According to Nimi Wariboko, a professor of social ethics at Boston University, President Bola Tinubu has not yet demonstrated that he was ready for office.

The author and investment banker stated on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, which aired on Channels Television on Friday, said, “Eight months into a government system is too long not to have a plan.”

He lamented the lack of a well-thought-out plan to mitigate the economic impact of the removal of gasoline subsidies and other policies by the President, who emerged victorious in the February 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Wariboko claimed that the current government lacked vision and referred to the policies of the administration as “knee-jerk reactions.”

He declared, “There's no point complaining about (ex-President Muhammadu) Buhari. There's no point complaining about the goodness or the expectation of Buhari. Now, the ball is in his (Tinubu's) court and he has to do it because he said it was his turn.

“People keep saying he was prepared; he's been a politician but the test of everything is the result we are seeing and I don't think we have seen any results so far that would justify that accolade being heaped upon him.

“The Bible says: If your strength fails you on the day of adversity. it is small. I always tell people that: If your strength fails you on the day of adversity, it was not there. It's a simple case; we are not seeing the result, we are not even seeing a clear vision of where the country is going.”

Nigeria is experiencing economic hardship due to the removal of the fuel subsidy, rising food inflation, currency instability, rising inflation, and high living expenses, which have sparked protests in some parts of the nation.