Warning strike a referendum on Tinubu’s re-election – APM campaign

The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation, representing the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), has criticized the three-day warning strike by workers as a referendum on President Bola Tinubu's re-election bid. The campaign council argued that Tinubu's presidency, with its economic recovery blueprint, would lead Nigeria out of its current difficulties.

Richard Ihediwa, the campaign's Director of Strategic Communications, stated that the strike underscored the "ills of the anti-people policies of the Tinubu-led administration" and the harsh realities they have imposed on daily life in Nigeria. Ihediwa further questioned Tinubu's credibility in seeking a second term, asking how a government that failed to protect its citizens from the consequences of its policies could expect them to renew its mandate.

The APM highlighted the government's inability to implement capital budgets on time, excessive borrowing, dwindling transparency, and the elusive gains from subsidy removal. They accused the APC government of being "self-delusional" in celebrating supposed economic reforms that remained invisible to everyday Nigerians. The statement emphasized the need for people-based economic reforms with transparent social safety nets, policies that protect livelihoods and prevent Nigeria from succumbing to economic reforms' burdens.

The traditional APC government's approach has failed basic governance standards, and Nigerians deserve a capable and honest administration that can deliver results, according to the APM.