Public commentator and former presidential aide Reno Omokri has declared that President Bola Tinubu has performed "far better" than what Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi would have achieved if elected in the 2023 elections.
Speaking during a recent interview on Channels Television's Politics Today, Omokri specifically highlighted Tinubu's decision to remove fuel subsidies as a policy move that Obi himself had previously advocated for.
"I still hold that view that the President is by far better than anything Peter Obi would have done. We can go into specifics," Omokri stated. "What Peter Obi was talking about, that the President mishandled was fuel subsidy and Peter Obi was being clever by half because after that interview, I brought out another interview that he had given where he told the public that if he was elected as President, fuel subsidy would go immediately."
International Recognition for Economic Reforms
The former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan emphasized that Tinubu's economic reforms have received international recognition from major financial institutions.
"If you look at the World Bank, if you look at the IMF, these guys have said what the President did was right. It brought some pain but it was the necessary decision," Omokri explained.
He further pointed to credit rating improvements as evidence of the reforms' success: "What about Moody's, what about Fitch? In the whole world, Fitch is the number one rating agency and Fitch has upgraded Nigeria to a stable B-positive because it said the reforms by the Bola Tinubu administration are working, especially the removal of the subsidy and the floatation of the naira."
According to Omokri, Moody's subsequently followed with their own upgrade of Nigeria's credit rating, further validating the administration's economic approach.
Omokri concluded that based on Tinubu's performance thus far, "it would be wrong for anybody not to support the President."
The comments come amid ongoing debates about the effectiveness of the administration's economic policies, particularly as Nigerians continue to grapple with the effects of subsidy removal and currency floatation.
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