Tinubu concerns with 2027 campaign over national interest – Arewa

The Northern Socio-cultural association operating under the guise of Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of having concern with campaign ahead of 2027 above national challenges.

The ACF expressed disappointment that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has got into what it called “unprecedented” campaign for the re-election of Tinubu two years to the general election.

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The development, the forum said has not allowed the President to concentrate on addressing insecurity militating against the nation.

The accusation was contained in a statement issued by ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Professor Muhammad-Baba, lamenting that public policy responses to the insecurity situation, especially in the northern part of the country, had remained ineffective, even as profligacy and reckless expenditures by public officials were in contrast to sacrifices by citizens.

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“A most perverse illustration of reckless profligacy of public expenditure has been the revelation about insertions in the 2025 federal budget, for the provision of streetlights at a staggering and unimaginable costs of over N260 million each.

“That there has to date been no official denial of such crassly reckless and surreal insertions attests to the insensitivity of public officials and political representatives to the plight of ordinary Nigerians, whose living conditions continue to deteriorate all round.

“Going by precedent, such budgetary insertions are replicated in various ways at state level. As ACF observed a year ago, the existential challenges above are symptomatic of fundamental malaise in the political economy calling for urgent public policy attention.

“Delusional hubris and head-in-the-sand claims continue to characterise pronouncement by officials charged with responsibilities for security in contrast to cries of state governors on ground in locations. ‘’Such obsessions and claims only ignore or give blind eyes to possible mass disillusionment, despair, discontent, hopelessness and angst of the populace.
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That Nigerians continue to endure and could even celebrate occasions such as the Eid is a telling testament to their admirable resilience, which ought not to be taken for granted.’’

The ACF celebrated the Muslim communities in Nigeria on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir celebration, describing it as solemn reminders of the need for humanity’s values of sacrifice, fellowship and devotion in appreciation of Almighty God’s benevolence.

It noted that the Eid-el-Kabir celebration came amid struggles under economic-cum-existential challenges, ranging from dire costs of living expenses, inflation, to rapid deterioration in the value of wages and salaries, among others.

The forum lauded Nigerians for their resilience, saying the national challenge could be a thing of the past if there was good governance.

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