The convener of the defunct Re-elect Buhari Movement, Emmanuel Udohinyang, said that President Bola Tinubu is a good thinker and is used to “turbulent weather.”
Udohinyang said this in an interview with The Sun.
He recounted how Tinubu fared during his tenure as Lagos State governor.
He maintained that the president is always at the forefront of solving the nation’s problems.
“I think if you knew Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a senator in 1992, you will know that he is used to turbulent weather, inclement weather. He had a fantastic record in Lagos. Nigeria is a bigger stage, though, but the indices are the same. The only thing that has changed are nomenclatures.
“Don’t also forget that as governor, he suffered the same turbulence. The only thing that has changed are nomenclatures; don’t also forget that as governor, he suffered the same turbulence, thereby facing attacks, criticisms. A lot of people felt when he came in, he would wave the magic wand and the city would become sparkling clean, dead bodies would be removed from the roads and more but it doesn’t work like that. Where he is, is a familiar terrain because the man is a familiar terrain because the man is a thinker.
“He is a man who puts his brain to work. A lot of Nigerians don’t know that Asiwaju rarely sleeps at night. He spends the night solving problems that have come and futuristic problems that may arise. I do not think he is a novice in government. He is a man with sufficient credibility, a man with sufficient capacity for the task. He has started well, and I am not surprised about those criticizing him, but that is coming too early.
“Most of those criticizing him were at one time or the other in government, what is their score card? It is like the case of a bricklayer trying to teach a medical doctor his work. That is the problem we have. I don’t see any problem with government so far. There may be one or two indices and we have raised it with him, telling him so and so wont work. Your predecessor tried it. The President is a good listener. He is somebody who is receptive to ideas from others. That is why you have seen him reverse policies that Nigerians have kicked against. That is what leadership is all about. Forget about these political mercenaries masquerading as politicians,” he said.