Ex-Labour Party leader advises Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi to take back seat
…Says Nigeria needs fresh leaders
CITIZENS COMPASS—Kenneth Okonkwo, former spokesperson for the former Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, advised his principal as well as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed and former Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to take back seat in the affairs of Nigeria.
The popular actor said they should take back seat and allow fresh faces handle the affairs of the country to save further danger.
He said this during a live interview on Arise Television stressing the importance for them to take back seat.
The actor said the Tinubu-led- government was nepotistic, self-centred, and egocentric advising him to take back seat.
He apportioned blame on the opposition leaders who were preoccupied with the 2027 elections than to rescue the nation from her present predicament.
He stressed the need to take back seat at this point in time.
“I completely agree with you that we need new faces, 100%. And that is why I said that Atiku, Peter, Tinubu should step aside and the reason is because the ruling party has failed, the opposition has failed.
“Are you aware that in the House of Representatives, you have more opposition members as representatives than the ruling class? If they had come together, and that’s why I said “coming together to form a consolidated fortune before you even begin to talk about merger.
“This president is in China, in a new presidential jet which is unnecessary, while people are dying of insecurity in Sokoto, Maiduguri and you’re saying that is what should be done?
“This government is nepotistic and despotic. It is very self-centered and egocentric. All about itself.
“Well, you can see, the Senate president may declare that let the people be protesting against hunger and hardship, while they will remain, why wouldn’t they be feasting?
“It costs Nigeria about 805 million naira to maintain one member of the National Assembly, while they are promising 840,000 naira a year for the worker that is actually the productive capacity of the nation.”
