…says Atiku would have been a great president
By John Ogunsemore
Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala said 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi suffers from identity crisis.
According to him, Obi operates like an opportunitistic politician because he has failed to define his political identity.
The presidential aide spoke in an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, a snippet of which was shared on X on Wednesday.
“He (Obi) has not defined his identity in politics, so he finds himself like an opportunitistic politician,” Bwala said.
The lawyer-turned-politician also said 2023 presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would have made a great president.
However, he expressed doubt that Atiku could have done a better job than President Bola Tinubu.
Bwala was a spokesman for the PDP presidential campaign in 2023 whose decision to accept a job with the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led presidency raised eyebrows.
“He (Atiku) would have been a great president.
“But whether he would have been greater than Asiwaju, I doubt it now,” Bwala said.
The presidential aide disclosed that President Tinubu encourages dissent.
He noted that despite serving in the presidency, he disagreed with the president’s decisions to remove fuel subsidy and float the naira.
He said, “Till tomorrow morning, the president of Nigeria told me, ‘you’re free to object with any policy decision and disagree.”
