Professor of Political Economy Pat Utomi has accused President Bola Tinubu of not showing much interest in the dire situation facing Nigerians.
Mr Utomi said he went to meet President Tinubu in 2019, when Muhammadu Buhari was the President of Nigeria, and he was dissatisfied with the dangerous path the then leadership was taking and its impact on the country and its people. announced that he had filed a lawsuit.
He revealed that Tinubu chose to remain silent during the eight years of the Buhari administration rather than speak for the people.
However, Utomi, who spoke in a recent interview with Vanguard, said Tinubu at the time chose to act strategically rather than be concerned about the plight of Nigerians.
He made the submission while responding to a question during an interview where President Tinubu’s supporters came close to the view that he was in office for less than two years and that he did not cause all the problems that Nigerians ascribe to him.
In response, Professor Utomi said that no one can be absolved of responsibility because everyone foresaw it happening but did not take action, adding that the policies introduced by the current government were They added that they were exacerbating the problems they had already created.
“I am not interested in who caused or did not cause. Part of the reason why I moved away from Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is because I went to him in 2019 and President Buhari But he can publicly say that he was leading us to a dangerous place, that we should speak up, that we should act as his so-called party. It was more strategic than worrying about people.
“He remained silent throughout Buhari’s eight years of famine. Therefore, I cannot pardon anyone. They all saw it coming and let it fester, and if they “Very aggressive and thoughtless policies have exacerbated the problem," the professor said.
