The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has stated that the position of president of the world's most populous black nation is not one for a self-centered entitlement power-seeker, but rather for a visionary with the necessary skill set and patriotism passion for people.
Kola Ologbondiyan, a spokesperson for the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization, made this statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
In particular, he claimed that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC's presidential candidate, cannot and should not be trusted with power because of his overtly selfish intentions in his desperation to hold the office of President. He called Tinubu a candidate with "an entitlement mentality," and he described him as such.
Ologbondiyan noted that from “Tinubu’s persistent self-centered assertions, haughty claims, annexation and brazen entitlement messaging, which he further displayed during his interaction with stakeholders in Kaduna on Monday, it is clear that the APC presidential candidate, is being driven by the lust to appropriate the nation as his personal estate and not for the national interest.”
He explained that Nigerians watched with utter dismay as Tinubu, as usual, avoided questions and discussions on critical and imperative national issues, which confirms that he is in the presidential race for reasons other than the wellbeing of Nigerians.
He states, “The APC presidential candidate has not been forthcoming on issues of transparency, accountability and answerability in government, devolution of power, state police, federal character and other vital issues that will enhance democratic tenets for the benefit of Nigerians.
“This development further confirms a selfish intention against the inclusive interest of our nation.”
“This,” the PDP PCC spokesperson added, “Perhaps explains why the APC presidential candidate has not composed a campaign organization; a foretaste of exclusionist agenda.
“Even his proposed economic policies were generalised without addressing the problems of galloping inflation and its attendant unbearable rising costs, unemployment, high-interest rates and the abysmally low purchasing power of Nigerians.
“Nigerians must, therefore, resist such tendencies as any government built on what the APC presidential candidate ostensibly represents will amount to creating a fiefdom for a self-conceited ruler over our nation.
“Never in our national history have Nigerians seen a politician with this level of self-entitlement.”
He further said, “It is laughable that since he became the APC presidential candidate, Tinubu has sought endorsement under every guise forgetting that the 2023 election is a referendum against the mass failures of the APC in governance.
“Nigerians must note that it will be a disaster for our country, Nigeria, if we allow a presidential candidate that will ‘alphabetize’ our revenue generating agencies such as Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Plc among others to take over the reign òf governance.”