Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, says President Bola Tinubu did not campaign for the presidency as a “magician”.
In an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, Tunji-Ojo stated that the Tinubu-led administration cannot tackle a “100-year-old problem” in a year.
Tunji-Ojo stated the federal government is “doing well when you look at certain indices” and he is not concerned about the administration’s ability to tackle Nigeria’s chEnbadgovernance allenges.
He said:
“When you judge the government based on the ability of this particular administration to solve a 100-year-old problem in one year, you might be having such an assertion.”
“Mr President, to the best of my knowledge, never campaigned to be a magician. He campaigned as a statesman. He campaigned based on renewed hope.
“Before a hope can be renewed, it means it has dwindled. When you want to reinvigorate a hope that has gone down, when you want to reprocess a system that is down, you need a bit of time. Within this time, are we on the right step? Yes.”
The minister stated that Nigeria’s issues are the result of years of mismanagement and that it is simpler to destroy than develop.