Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has explained why it appears President Bola Tinubu’s popularity is declining.
Naijaonpoint reports that Omokri, while fielding questions on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, stated that a dip in the popularity of elected leaders is a common occurrence in Nigeria, and the case of Tinubu was not an exception.
According to him, former President, Muhammadu Buhari’s loss of popularity was even worse than what is happening to Tinubu.
He said, “That is always the case in Nigeria. The best predictor of the future is the past in every administration. When you have the two-way mark of your first term, when people are feeling the effects of your reform, they are going to have that kind of feeling. But by the time the government gets to the three-way mark, this is history.
“It happened to General Olusegun Obasanjo. Yar’Adua did not have that because of the sickness. It happened to President Jonathan. It happened to Buhari— even worse than it’s happening to Bola Tinubu. And they are beginning to see things are getting better.
“Look, your governor was talking about it. The agricultural input of Nigeria has improved, so things are going to get better.
“Listen, can I say this? Nigeria is not going to get to El Dorado overnight, but we are going to get there over time.”