- SDP’s Prince Adewole Adebayo warns of more tough decisions from President Tinubu’s APC administration, urges Nigerians to be patient
- Adebayo emphasizes that choices made by voters lead to consequences and democracy entails shared responsibility with the government
Prince Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in the February 25 election, has warned Nigerians to expect more tough decisions from President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
Adebayo told journalists in Abuja at the weekend that;
Tinubu told Nigerians during his campaigns that he would remove fuel subsidy if voted as president and Nigerians went ahead to vote for him. That’s democracy for you and that is why you have to be 18 years old before you can go and vote.
It’s an adult decision. If you decide to take a particular road, whatever traffic you meet on the road is your choice, because you were given different roads which you could have taken.
It is too early to cry because there are more difficult decisions that the government would have to make. Having taken this part of neo-liberal economic policies, there are many choices they have to make along the way. Not all those choices will make the people happy, but people should bear in mind it is a social contract they have signed with the government, and if they face any difficulties along the way, they can bring it to the attention of the government, but they should not assume that they have no role to play in it. That’s democracy. That is how we learn.
He also stated that last week’s protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) should not have taken place because the removal of subsidies was part of Tinubu’s campaign promise to Nigerians and that what the labour unions and Nigerians should do now is support the administration’s success.