Kenneth Okonkwo, a former spokesman for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council in 2023, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s Sunday broadcast addressing the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests, describing it
The lawyer said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday:“The people are protesting for hunger and hardship, deprivation and degradation. And the president was compelled to speak,”.
“I wish they did not compel him. If I were a media aide, I would have preferred there was no speech at all because a bad speech is worse than no speech at all.
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“In addition to the speech being empty and very annoying, it was even leaked before the day,” Okonkwo said, adding that the president should have fired some of his media aides.
The actor-turned-lawyer criticized President Tinubu for failing to address any of the protesters’ demands in his broadcast. While emphasizing that protests are a necessary part of democracy, he condemned the violent actions by a few individuals.
He suggested that the President should have reduced the size of his cabinet and reversed the decision to purchase a new presidential jet. Okonkwo argued that instead of removing the petrol subsidy and replacing it with palliatives that are insufficient, the government should reinstate the subsidies on petrol and electricity tariffs, as “subsidy itself is a palliative.”
He further stated that the current administration has lowered the standard of living for Nigerians and urged the government to restore productivity by creating a more business-friendly environment.
