Tinubu can’t separate himself from Buhari’s failures — Activist Farotimi

Tinubu can’t separate himself from Buhari’s failures — Activist Farotimi

Human rights activist Dele Farotimi said President Bola Tinubu cannot separate himself from the failures of the former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Omokri stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday.

Recall that President Tinubu’s Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, blamed the current socio-economic and security challenges in the country on Buhari’s eight-year administration.

But Farotimi said Tinubu actively marketed Buhari to Nigerians in the buildup to the 2015 general elections and cannot insulate himself from the failures of the Buhari government.

Farotimi said nothing has changed since May 2015 when the APC took over from ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He said, “The evidence of the last nine months are unimpeachable and cannot be denied. I know that the convenient excuse is that Buhari had damaged it (Nigeria) and he (Tinubu) is repairing it but who brough Buhari?

“Who was the chief marketer of Buhari in 2014/2015 when the ‘Change’ lie was sold to Nigerians?”

Farotimi said nothing has been done by the Tinubu government, adding that Nigerians should brace up for more challenges beyond the economic hardship occasioned by the petrol subsidy removal and floating of the naira.

According to Farotimi, the future of Nigeria appears bleak.

He said, “I am going to be 56 years old this year and in my entire lifetime, we have never been far away from greatness than we are today. The future of Nigeria appears bleak than it has ever been in my entire lifetime.

The problem in Nigeria is each and every one of us, most importantly the complete breakdown of the rule of law”

According to him, “Nigeria has copious laws in writing but there is no rule of law in our space as “the laws are observed more in breach.

“Nigeria as it is today is not ruled by law but by impunity,” he said. “When you look beyond that, you begin to look at the institutions of state.”

Farotimi said for the nation to move forward, the principles of justice must be enthroned, starting with the judiciary, the legislature and the executive.

He urged Nigerians to understand that folks from other tribes are not their enemies, saying the beneficiaries of the rot in the system refused to reform the system and have weaponised poverty, ethnicity and religion.