“They Are Just Doing Business, Not Running The Country” – SDP’s Adebayo Attacks Tinubu Govt

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 election, Adewole Adebayo, has accused President Bola Tinubu-led government of doing business and not running the country.

Adebayo, in an interview with Daily Trust on Friday, claimed that their primary duty is business, and that’s why they are trying to run the petroleum industry rather than have a regulatory framework.

He further stated that the Federal Government sees Nigerians as customers who they can get extra money from by hoarding petrol.

Adebayo said, “The are not running the country. They are just doing business. Occasionally they get distracted with governmental duties but their primary duty is business and they think, that is why they are trying to run petroleum industry rather than have a regulatory framework. They are not running the economy. They are not running government.

“They don’t see you and me as citizens they see us as customers. They are mercantile in their approach. They see you as customer as they can get extra money from you by hoarding petrol. I can get extra money from you by understanding public education.

“So, they are not willing to do anything as they are not ready to comply with chapter 2 of the Constitution which stipulates how governance should be done in Nigeria. What is the responsibility of government? Call anybody in government, they are not responsible for anything, because the minister of water resources is not responsible for whether you have water or not.

“The minister of education is not responsible for educational outcome, whether students fail WAEC, JAMB, he is not responsible. The minister of health is not responsible for your life expectancy or medical outcomes. They just carry these titles to enable them to out their signatures to award. Beyond that, they are not doing to do anything. Remember that in the past, Lagos had the best water in all the English speaking world, whether London, Brisbane, anywhere.

“Nobody is giving water to anybody. Before we had the best hospitals. UCH Ibadan used to come first or second among the entire English speaking world. We have people who are in power but they are not in government because they are not governing.”