Is it Tinubu that spoiled the power? Power has broken down because people were not doing what they needed to do
By Kehinde Emmanuel
A former Kwara State governorship aspirant, Engineer Sunday Adebayo Babalola, has urged Nigerians not to blame the current economic hardship solely on the current administration of President Bola Tinubu.
He opined that the country has been having challenges for many years, even from 1999.
Speaking in an interview with journalists on Wednesday, he drew parallels between economic reform and farming, saying, “You have to sow a seed to reap.” He emphasized that the current administration’s efforts will yield positive results over time, even if the benefits aren’t immediate. According to him, tackling insecurity, revamping the power sector, and addressing other challenges will lead to significant improvements.
Babalola said: “I said the current economic hardship is not solely to be blamed on the current administration of Tinubu because the things have been broken down since 1999, and you can see it breaking down. Is it Tinubu that spoiled Nigeria Airways? Nigeria Airways has been destroyed before even 1999. So, is it Tinubu that stopped the depots from working? Depots that were created by the military. They were all broken before that time. It will take time to repair those pipelines.
“Is it Tinubu that spoiled the power? Power has broken down because people were not doing what they needed to do. It will take time to revamp the sector. It is very easy to demolish a house, in one day, you can demolish a very tall building. But to build or rebuild that house will definitely take some time. It won’t be one day, no matter how fast you are.
“You have to sow a seed in order to be able to reap. So, it’s a sacrifice we are all making. Things will get better. The government also tackled this insecurity. I can assure you, if the government wants to do it, they can do it. But maybe there could be some people who are benefiting from this insecurity. And once we tackle insecurity, we tackle power, we address some of other challenges, things will work out alright.”
The politician who also is a pastor stated that the policies of Tinubu’s administration will eventually benefit Nigerians.
He said that though some of them are currently painful and appear to have inflicted pains on many Nigeria, the pains will not last long.
He opined that the policies were necessary to redirect the country to a recovery and developmental path.
He, therefore, urged Nigerians not to be despondent because of the current challenges in the country and added that things will be better in the country.
The politician urged the citizens and other residents not to despair, in view of the current hunger, insecurity, poverty, and unemployment.
Babalola said: “My rating of Nigeria would be: we have not done well. But it is not a problem of the current sitting government. We know it is easy to demolish, but to build is always very hard. Let us keep seeing what they are doing. I have made public my stand concerning certain things, like petroleum subsidy. I knew it will bring hardship. But it is the best thing. Today, the state governments have more money, which some of them are not using well but that’s not the problem of the federal government.”