Economic Team Allegedly Derailing Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda

Osita Okechukwu, a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Economic Team, accusing them of straying from the objectives outlined in Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

In an open letter to the team, Okechukwu urged them to reconsider their strategies, referencing Albert Einstein’s famous quote about the futility of repeating the same actions while expecting different outcomes.

Expressing his concerns as a self-described “roadside political economist,” Okechukwu lamented the apparent deviation from the agenda’s goals. He questioned how the initiative could be effectively implemented when only 25% of the 2024 capital budget had been disbursed while multiple budgets were being simultaneously operated.

He clarified that his appeal was not personal but driven by a desire for the success of the APC, emphasizing the need for the party to avoid entering the 2027 elections amid public dissatisfaction, despair, and widespread hardship.

Okechukwu expressed optimism about President Tinubu’s intentions, noting that Tinubu has been working to strengthen Nigeria’s neoliberal capitalist framework by making bold economic decisions aimed at revitalizing the economy. He commended the President’s diplomatic balance between Western and Eastern powers, emphasizing efforts to leverage Nigeria’s youthful population for economic transformation.

However, he cautioned that the current economic strategies might be undermining the Renewed Hope Agenda, urging the economic team to reconsider their approach for the well-being of Nigerians and the success of the administration.