Solomon Dalung, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day speech, describing it as empty, rhetorical and disappointing.
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, Dalung, a former Minister of Youth and Sports, said Tinubu’s speech should have done more in the presentation of “Successes” recorded by his administration since taking office in 2023.
He said, “Well, the President’s speech, let me begin by saying that it was rhetorical, wishful, ambitious, but very, very disappointing and empty.
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“Because I think a speech by the President at our 66th anniversary, and he said three and a half years in office, should have concentrated more on giving Nigerians accountability; (show) concrete successes recorded so far by the reforms in the last three and a half years,” the former minister said.
“The speech would have also tried to look at the issues on the ground like insecurity, agriculture, the economy, unemployment, hunger, poverty, and Nigeria’s foreign policy.
“These would have been the things that the president should have revealed in his speech, and he should have been able to tell as well, from 1960 to when he assumed office, this was the progress made, and then in three and a half years, even though the government inherited challenges, progress has been made.”
