The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, has said President Bola Tinubu has performed better than every democratically elected president in Nigeria during their respective terms.
Morka made the claim during an interview with Channels Television while defending Tinubu’s administration and its economic policies.
He said Tinubu had outperformed former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has outperformed any president in his first term. He has outperformed any democratically elected president in this country in their terms,” Morka said.
Asked about the basis for his claim, Morka pointed to the state of the economy.
“The indicators are res ipsa loquitur as we say in law; they speak for themselves. This president inherited an economy that was completely in a mess,” he said.
Morka blamed the economic problems inherited by Tinubu on previous administrations, especially the PDP’s 16 years in power.
He, however, defended Buhari, saying his administration stopped the country from getting worse before Tinubu took over.
“Buhari was a stopgap president that really came to keep the country from tipping over the precipice — from 16 years of horrific maladministration of the PDP government,” Morka said.
“President Buhari served his term, did his job to hold the country still for President Tinubu to enter.”
Morka also defended Tinubu’s economic reforms, saying their impact was becoming clearer and that Nigeria had made progress at the macroeconomic level.
“We have come out of the woods at the macroeconomic level,” Morka said.
Tinubu assumed office in May 2023 after winning the presidential election and has since introduced reforms, including petrol subsidy removal and changes to the foreign exchange regime.
