An elder statesman Usman Bugaje has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Anniversary speech saying it failed to touch on issues affecting Nigerians.
The country marked its 64th Independence Anniversary on Tuesday, starting with a nationwide broadcast in which Tinubu reeled out several plans and achievements by his government including the move to convoke a national youth conference.
But Bugaje claimed Tinubu spoke like a man who did not understand the country’s challenges.
“The first thing is that that is not a speech. It’s empty. The words are completely empty,” he said on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“It’s not even a standard at all. There are issues that worry people. He is supposed to speak about food security. That is what happens. He is supposed to tell us what he has done about food security,” the former House of Representatives member argued.
“Has he spoken about the climate change that has wiped away whatever little gains we have made?
“Look at Maduiguri, look at Kebbi, look at Ibadan, look at so many other places flooded. He doesn’t even know what is happening in the country from the speech,” Bugaje added.