- Sowore spoke at AAC flag-off ceremony ahead of the state governorship elections coming up on September 21.
- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled September 21 for governorship election in Edo.
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 elections, has faulted President Bola Tinubu style of leadership and the level of poverty in the country.
Sowore spoke on Friday in Benin, the capital of Edo, at the party’s campaign flag-off ceremony ahead of the state governorship elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled September 21 for governorship election in Edo.
Sowore said Tinubu has failed to make a meaningful impact on the development and economic growth of the country.
He said almost a year into his administration, people are grappling with poverty and pain brought upon them by policies that have further impoverished them.
“The leadership style of President Tinubu is bad and the poverty that the people are experiencing is alarming,” Sowore said.
“Tinubu has failed to make a meaningful impact in the development and economic growth of the country almost a year into his administration while people are grappling with poverty and pain brought upon them by policies that have further impoverished them.”
He added that the country would recover if the people were given the power to manage their affairs.
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