2027: Stop Blaming Opposition, Tackle Poverty — Sambo Criticises Tinubu

Arise News Politics Editor Sumner Sambo has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop pointing fingers at the opposition and instead concentrate on reducing poverty in Nigeria.

Sambo made the remarks on Monday during an appearance on Arise Television’s Morning Show.He said Nigerians are more interested in concrete actions by the Tinubu administration to ease poverty and hunger than in hearing the government shift blame onto its political rivals.

The journalist called on the President to set clear poverty-reduction targets, report on progress already achieved, and spell out what citizens can expect if he wins a second term.

“President Tinubu must focus on tackling poverty and not blaming the opposition. What Nigerians want to know is what his government is doing. What has he done to reduce the issues of poverty?“Those are the indices that we need to actually have. He should say, ‘Look, this is where I met the poverty rate in the country. This is what I’m doing, and if you re-elect me, this is where I project that we will be.

“So the speechwriters of Mr President should try to put that in focus and emphasise this issue of pointing to the opposition, because the opposition that we have right now is not the same opposition they were making reference to in those days,” Sambo said.