Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, has responded to a statement credited to the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Hassan Kukah, classifying Mr Tinubu among the accidental leaders produced in Nigeria.
Mr Kukah, while delivering a keynote address at the official commissioning of Start-Rite School’s new building and the 4th Amaka Ndoma-Egba Memorial Lecture in Abuja, had said Mr Tinubu wasn’t ready for the job despite his numerous claims.
But reacting to the statement during an interview with Vanguard Newspaper on Sunday, Mr Onanuga said Mr Tinubu shouldn’t be included in the category of unprepared leaders.
He said Mr Tinubu is a reformer who is touching different areas, asserting his preparedness for the top job.
“He [Tinubu] is not an accidental leader, he is doing his best to ensure that we have a turn around in this country.
“Does he look like one at all? What I am saying is that the man is not an accidental leader; he was prepared for this office.
“He even said it himself that he prepared for it and that he is doing his best to ensure that this country is lifted higher than he met it, he is doing his best.
“Because he prepared himself for the office, he is doing a lot of reform, he is touching every area and he is trying to make sure that this country is being turn-around.”
He added that, “Tinubu has shown that he is a reformer, and reforms are not done in quick fixes, it takes time for you to turn things around, and he is doing it”.
“He is doing reforms, and he is the first to acknowledge that people will be affected, and he is doing everything possible to ensure that those who are affected are also helped so that they will not be left behind.
“He is reforming a lot of things in Nigeria, you are talking about taxation, you are talking about the oil sector, so many reforms the man is carrying out.”
