Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy Communications, has challenged opposition figures Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi to explain whether their private businesses have made progress under the current administration. Bwala spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday night while defending President Tinubu’s statement […]
Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy Communications, has challenged opposition figures Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi to explain whether their private businesses have made progress under the current administration.
Bwala spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday night while defending President Tinubu’s statement concerning prosperity in Nigeria.
He argued that the President’s reference to October 1 did not mean Nigerians would only begin experiencing prosperity from that date.
According to Bwala, government initiatives and infrastructure projects had already delivered benefits to Nigerians before October 1.
He cited the NELFUND student loan programme, saying one million families whose children had benefited from the scheme were already experiencing what he described as prosperity.
The presidential aide also pointed to road construction and infrastructure development, arguing that communities gaining access to previously unavailable infrastructure were experiencing economic benefits.
Bwala then turned to the private ventures of opposition politicians, using them as an example of economic activity under Tinubu.
He referred to the commercial bank where Peter Obi chairs the Board of Trustees, claiming that the institution recorded profit under Tinubu’s administration.
“Go to the bank that Peter Obi chairs and look at the profit they posted last year; that’s prosperity,” he said.
Bwala further challenged Atiku and Amaechi to state whether their private enterprises had failed to make progress or profit over the past two years.
His comments add to the ongoing political debate over whether the Tinubu administration’s economic reforms are producing the prosperity promised by the President.