Chief Bode George who is a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has come out to assert that the early days of President Bola Tinubu as Nigerian leader has not been perfect but reasonably better than his time as Lagos State governor between May 1999 and May 2007.
George, who made this known while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York said although he remains a solid member of the PDP, while Tinubu is an All Progressives Congress (APC) powerbroker, he is not an enemy of the President.
‘The major difference between Bola and I is his methodology, his managerial style, is unlike me. I have a background in the military and I am a logistician in the military. You don’t carry your men to war without adequately doing your serious planning, intelligence gathering,’ the PDP chieftain said.
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When quizzed about his assessment of the Tinubu’s administration in the last three weeks since the President assumed office on May 29, 2023, George said, ‘It is not a 100-metre race. He (Tinubu) is to manage his people and to manage the resources of this country for the betterment of this country. He is just starting off.’
When further asked to describe the performance of Tinubu in the last 22 days as Nigeria’s President, the Lagos-based PDP stalwart said, ‘It’s not perfect but reasonable. At least, it is better than what we had known before when he was in Lagos. May be he was much younger at that time and no experience but now, Lagos is not Abuja.’
Africa Today News, New York reports that George, a septuagenarian longtime political rival of Tinubu in Lagos, said he would take permission from the PDP should the President approach him to work together for the good of the country.
He, however, expressed confidence that his party and its candidate in the February 25 poll, Atiku Abubakar would emerge victorious at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja.