One of the news that trended on Wednesday was the visit of Daniel Bwala, spokesperson of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, to President Bola Tinubu at Aso Rock.
Immediately Bwala tweeted pictures and video of the visit, the internet literarily caught fire, with some critics describing him as a man who has no principle.
Two weeks ago when he featured on a Channels Television programme, Bwala had tackled his Aso Rock host over the state of the economy. According to him, Tinubu could not get anything done about the economy even if given 30 years.
Faulting Tinubu for asking Nigerians to be patient with him, Atiku’s aide said the President had less than 70 per cent time of hist tenure left.
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“When people talk about being patient and waiting, you have to look at the time frame the public officer is expected to execute the work. The President has just been voted into a term of four years. He is eight months into the term which constitutes 31.8 percent of the total time that he has.”
“He has less than 70 percent time in government, when is that going to happen? When President Buhari took over in 2015 it was the same language and we patiently followed and he finished the first term and finished the second term.
“When there is a fundamental problem with policy, time is irrelevant, 30 years it will not work. Most of the economists I’ve listened to have faulted the President’s budget with which he was supposed to deliver the agenda flat-out. We want to see deliverables. Nigerians are tired of English, Mathematics, Economics, Science, and Technology. We want to see practical things.”
AFTER ASO ROCK VISIT
Weeks later, Bwala told State House correspondents that he could join the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the President. He also stated that he owed no one apologies for visiting Tinubu, his principal biggest political rival.
“I told him today, I am committing to play my part to support your administration, and I have no apologies to anybody. APC is a party. President Bola Tinubu is my motivation; if supporting him will take me to APC, so be it.”
“What I’m saying apart from today that I’m talking here is that you all need to visit my Twitter page. In the last few days, I have been expressing my surprise and appreciation to the President for the decisions he is making.
“So, this is not about political party. And you need to know that, like I said, I was with him before I left. And I was doggedly committed to him. I told him today that I am committing to play my part to support your administration, and I have no apologies to anybody.”
The question many are asking now is, what has changed, or perhaps what made Bwala to switch so fast?
