By John Ogunsemore
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala said his principal has achieved more in two years than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in its first eight years in power between 1999 and 2007.
According to him, Tinubu met tougher challenges upon assuming power in 2023 than what the PDP faced in 1999, but has recorded significant success in the economy and security.
Bwala said, “What President Bola Tinubu @officialABAT has achieved with our country in just two years has surpassed what PDP achieved in 8 years from 1999-2007:
“Facts: From 1999-2007 our foreign debts were forgiven, in PBATs case he has had to pay them.
“From 1999-2007 our oil output can be likened to a miracle as compared to what PBAT has had to grapple with.
“From 1999-2007 the whole world was looking to our direction with sympathy, support and freebies having come out of military interregnum. In PBATs case he is confronted with the challenge of having to prove himself, and he did with the economy.
“From 1999-2007 Nigerians were united in diversity and insecurity was far less than what PBAT found on assuming office. The security was mismanaged by the PDP heads of government resulting in the creation of Boko Haram. PBAT in two years had degraded insecurity to an extent we can see the path to ending it.”
Bwala added that mismanaged resources under PDP rule that led to the “decadence of the economy” left successive presidents fearful in taking the tough decision necessary to address it frontally.
The presidential aide said Tinubu “took the bullet, made the decision and our economy is safely recovering now”.
