Former President of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has described the President Bola Tinubu-led administration as the toughest in history of Nigeria.
This comes on heels of the
backlash he received following media blackout on the Chicago State University,
CSU, certificate saga of Tinubu pending the Supreme Court decision on the matter.
Agbakoba, in a recent interview
with Vanguard, decried the hike in food prices as a result of the subsidy
removal by the Tinubu-led administration.
According to him, Tinubu has a
lot of controversies to contend with: The socio-economic crisis occasioned by
the policy of subsidy removal, the unified single exchange rate, the threat by
the Labour Congress to shut down the country, the struggle to provide
palliatives to calm frayed nerves, and now the issue of credibility as a result
of the Chicago State Certificate saga.
“President Tinubu has taken on
a very challenging assignment. Let us assume that President Tinubu is the
captain of an aircraft. Tinubu takes off from the runway; he has to climb out
to a particular altitude. You know, in climbing, some pilots have a very smooth
climb, while others have very turbulent climbing. Tinubu has been contending
with two major headwinds.
“One is the issue of the
removal of subsidies, and another is the exchange control issue. How he handles
them will depend on his skills as a pilot. But the climbing is very difficult.
“When you are climbing out and
you hit the headwind, you have to be in full focus. So, the climb-out has been
extremely tough.
“There is no doubt about it.
What I think is that he ought to be using full power because when a pilot is
climbing, he has the power to trot. What I see Captain Tinubu doing at this
stage is using only 50 percent of his throttle power.
“He needs to push that throttle
to the limit so that the climb-out can be great. I will say that the turbulence
will continue until the Supreme Court makes its final decision.
“What is obvious is that
Nigerians have to go through a very tough time. It has been the toughest time
in the history of this country since independence, as garri, rice, vegetables,
and other staple foods are way out of the reach of the common man,” he said.
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