By Michael Adeyemo
A former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has berated the two-year performance of the President Bola Tinbu administration, describing it as complete bad governance.
Oyinlola who is an erstwhile Military Administrator of Lagos State in an interview on Eagle 102.5 FM aired his assessment of President Bola Tinubu’s achievements in the last two years. He said “When he was campaigning, he promised us Renewed Hope. By my own assessment, what he has given us is complete bad governance. And I come to that conclusion because of these issues: One, we have a very bad economy that is affecting the life of every citizen in this country. We have a bad security situation that is making life unbearable for citizens. We have a bad, biting poverty that makes it difficult for common man to get medication to take care of his ailments.”
“We have a very bad ethno-religious conflict with killings all over the places everyday. In addition to all these, we have a situation where banditry, insurgency, kidnapping and every other thing happening. So, the submission from all I have listed so far is that we are having a renewed agony. No hope is renewed. That is my own submission.”
Speaking on the recent visit of former governor Rauf Aregbesola and National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to his home, Oyinlola said “I am Aregbesola’s predecessor in office. When he came to town, it was he that came to my house to pay a courtesy call. It was not me that went there. He came to pay a courtesy call on me, which I don’t think is an abnormal occurrence. We are told that whatever medicine you are using that is effective, you don’t throw it away. I was the National Secretary of the New PDP that merged with others that formed APC. So, if it worked for us that time, how will the coalition not work again?”
“I am not part of the coalition and PDP is not. But we know for certain that we need collaboration if we don’t want to deceive ourselves. However, I am not a party to the coalition because my party is not. But my personal opinion is that no single party can wrestle power from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The same way the cooperation and coalition ousted Jonathan is the only feasible way. But if one party is trying to do it alone, I will say it is an exercise in futility because he (Tinubu) is a grandmaster of the game.”