The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has declared that President Bola Tinubu has outperformed every democratically elected president in Nigeria during his first term.
Morka made the claim on Monday during an interview with Channels Television, arguing that Tinubu inherited an economy that was “completely in a mess” before assuming office in 2023.
“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 indicators supporting the claim, the APC spokesperson said the performance of the administration was evident in the available economic indicators.
“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 successive administrations for the condition of the economy before Tinubu took office, while describing former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as a transition from the 16-year rule of the Peoples Democratic Party.
“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,” he said.
“President Buhari served his term, did his job to hold the country still for President Tinubu to enter.”
Morka further claimed that Tinubu’s policies had transformed the economy to the extent that some of the administration’s critics were now acknowledging its progress.
He said Nigeria had “come out of the woods” at the macroeconomic level under Tinubu, although he did not provide specific indicators or comparisons with previous democratically elected presidents to substantiate his claim.
