Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Benue State, expressed skepticism about President Bola Tinubu’s government’s ability to address Nigeria’s economic issues in an interview on Channels Television.
Suswam criticizes Tinubu’s administration for failing to reverse the economic downturn caused by the previous Muhammadu Buhari administration.
He laments the state of the nation under the weight of economic challenges and expresses disappointment that the leadership under Tinubu does not possess the requisite expertise or vision to effect meaningful change
“Well, it’s rather unfortunate right from the Buhari Government where the mantra of ‘Change’ was the singsong. Unfortunately, people didn’t ask what kind of change he was bringing into governance. Is it positive change or negative change?
“What we experienced under those eight years were what dovetailed into what we’re experiencing today because whatever foundation that was built by the PDP was completely destroyed by that (Buhari) government.
“We now began a journey to the abyss. The state of the nation, economically, is nothing to talk about, it’s unfortunate that the current (Tinubu) leadership does not have what it takes to change the economic fortunes of this country,” he said.