Today Politics

As Nigeria and the rest of the world embrace year 2025, Prof Udenta O Udenta, the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy (AD) and a Distinguished Fellow of Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, has a stark advice for President Bola Tinubu: your vision of governance and style of service delivery have stymied their impact so climb down from your high horse, eat a humble pie and engage in a necessary course correction before we lose it all.   In a statement he issued in Abuja on New Year’s day Prof Udenta pointed out that in a major statement on the state of the nation he issued some months ago and in a series of major TV shows he did point out that President Tinubu does not only want to transcend the political state in formulating and implanting his policy choices but has demonstrated an acute sense of distaste, contempt and scorn for the political class. He warned that this authoritarian and illiberal governance model has undermined his credibility and ability to govern as he will be resolutely and stoutly resisted by political stakeholders who have deep geostrategic interests to protect. Two policy decisions in Prof Udenta’s perspective more than prove his thesis right.   Prof Udenta contends that it’s not surprising that Sen Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi state and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, in a Christmas Day message to Christians and a major Channels TV interview, stoutly and courageously pushed back on President Tinubu’s inability to consult widely and persuasively before rolling out his policies like the Tax Reform Bills but rather wants everybody in every state and in every region in a complex, diverse and multi cultural entity like Nigeria to swallow them hook, line and sinker.   Prof Udenta averred that Gov Bala Mohammed is not alone...