Shehu Gabam, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has warned that President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies could be his biggest obstacle if he seeks re-election in 2027.
Gabam highlighted several controversial decisions by the Tinubu administration, including the abrupt removal of the petrol subsidy, the unification of foreign exchange rates, as well as increases in electricity and telecom tariffs.
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“He (Tinubu) needs to review some of his policies, he needs to rejig his cabinet if he wants to leave a legacy that by two years. And I don’t see him surviving another election with the same kind of policies going on,” Gabam said on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television.
The SDP chairman remarked that, with less than two years into office, the protests against the Tinubu government resemble those that occurred against former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2012.
“Protests against Jonathan started two years (into his administration), and he couldn’t survive it. And there will be no president in history who has spent money to be reelected in the history of Nigeria like President Jonathan. So, if people are thinking that they will use money, they are mistaken. You will only rig while you are popular,” he said.
The SDP chair flayed the Tinubu government over its “hostilities” with opposition voices, saying the administration should make moves to amend the constitution for Nigeria to be a one-party state.
He said, “Nobody can talk to a governor, he will abuse you, he’s an emperor, you dare not talk to him, you dare not advise him. The same thing applies to the current government. The moment you advise them, they see you as an enemy.
“They forget that some of the political parties stood by INEC at the point of announcing the election (results) because we don’t want anarchy to ensue.”
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