President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that the private businesses of some opposition politicians have recorded progress under the Tinubu administration.
Bwala made the statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday night while defending President Tinubu’s recent declaration that prosperity would begin to manifest more strongly in Nigeria from October 1.
The presidential aide argued that Nigerians had already been experiencing what could be described as prosperity before October 1, contrary to interpretations that the President’s statement meant economic prosperity would only begin from that date.
Bwala cited the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), saying that more than one million families whose children had benefited from the programme could regard the support as a form of prosperity.
He also pointed to infrastructure projects, arguing that communities that previously lacked roads and subsequently received infrastructure had experienced improved economic opportunities.
Turning to opposition figures, Bwala said the commercial bank where Peter Obi chairs the Board of Trustees had recorded significant profits under the Tinubu administration.
“Go to the bank that Peter Obi chairs and look at the profit they posted last year; that’s prosperity,” he said.
Bwala also challenged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Rotimi Amaechi, who are associated with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), to acknowledge any progress made by their private businesses during Tinubu’s tenure.
“If you look at Rotimi and Atiku, if they have private enterprises and they can be truthful before God, let them tell you that they have not made progress and profit in the last two years,” he said.
He criticised those interpreting Tinubu’s October 1 statement as an indication that Nigerians had not experienced any form of economic improvement before the date.
Bwala maintained that the administration’s policies and investments in education, infrastructure and other sectors had already delivered benefits to Nigerians, describing such gains as evidence of prosperity.
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