The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has admitted that he has no clear idea when President Bola Tinubu’s economic and social policies will begin to deliver tangible results for Nigerians.
Morka made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking with journalists at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, amid growing public discontent over worsening economic conditions, including unemployment, poverty, insecurity, and the rising cost of living.
Despite previous claims by key party figures that Tinubu’s policies are already yielding positive outcomes, Morka offered a more cautious perspective. Using a metaphor, he likened the current pace of progress to that of a crawling child.
“The child is crawling. Now, I don’t know what age. I can’t say. I think it varies from one child to the other,” Morka explained. “Some kids are faster than the others. But irrespective of the time they crawl, they crawl. Children are meant to crawl before they walk.”
He emphasized that while the pace may seem slow, it is part of a natural developmental process, urging Nigerians to remain patient.
Morka’s remarks came just days after prominent APC leaders—including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma—hailed Tinubu’s policies as successful during the party’s national summit in Abuja.
On the controversial removal of fuel subsidy, Morka defended the decision, stating that Tinubu took a bold step where past presidents had chosen to “postpone the doomsday.”
“Subsidy removal was not an easy decision, but it was taken in the overall interest of the country,” he said.
Responding to questions about a potential re-election campaign for the president, the APC spokesman denied any formal campaign activities, clarifying that internal endorsements should not be misconstrued as political mobilization.
On the pressing issue of national insecurity, Morka called it a global challenge and noted that Nigeria has grappled with various security threats for the past two decades.
“Insecurity is not peculiar to Nigeria. It’s a global phenomenon,” he said.
The comments are likely to spark further public debate, as many Nigerians continue to seek immediate relief from economic hardship nearly two years into the Tinubu administration.
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