Farounbi expressed concerns over the frequency of policy changes of the Tinubu administration that have made it impossible for businesses and common Nigerians to plan economically.

Nigeria’s former Ambassador to The Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, says the President Bola Tinubu of today is not the same he knew in the days of their activism as members of the pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO).

Farounbi expressed concerns over the frequency of policy changes of the Tinubu administration that have made it impossible for businesses and common Nigerians to plan economically.

The former ambassador, who turned 80 on October 1, 2024, said Tinubu is ideologically somersaulting by not staying true to the ideals he stood for before he was sworn in as Nigeria’s President on May 29, 2023.

Farounbi was a guest on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television on Friday.

He said economic instability would persist so long as the President doesn’t restructure the country properly.

The ex-ambassador said, “If I have that opportunity, I am going to ask him (Tinubu) to look back at what he was. I am going to ask him to look at the letter he wrote to (former President Goodluck) Jonathan in 2012. I am going to ask him to look at the cases he took to the Supreme Court on local governments.

“I am going to ask him why is he ideologically somersaulting. Why is he not appearing as the Tinubu that we knew, why is not the Tinubu that was committed to the restructuring of this country, a Tinubu that was interested in a sovereign national conference, a Tinubu that was committed to true federalism?

“I’m going to ask him what had happened. Can he be true to himself? Let him be himself as he was in the past and I think that a lot of these problems will not be there.

“Of course, I am going to tell him that he promised us a government of national competence and ask him that in the name of all that is good, does he think that he has a government of national competence? Does he think that the people that he has assembled are the best in this country? Does he think that he has the competence to deal with all that they have been asked to deal with?

“I will ask him to look even at his media; have they been projecting him rightly? What about the contradictions in what he has been saying?

“I will ask him what is happening that there are so frequent policy changes. That doesn’t seem like the Tinubu that I know. It has become even more difficult for anybody to even plan because you are not even sure of when he is going to somersault.

“I will ask him to change his team, to look for the best, those who will help him translate whatever he is doing for the greater good of Nigerians.

“People have been praising him for identifying the best of brains. I will ask him to go into that mold and identify the better brains that are scattered all over Nigeria and help us restructure the economy, help us restructure the country to ensure that his government takes greater care of the common man.

“The him (Tinubu) that I know will confront problems and find solutions to them. It is not him that will go into China and say what can we do? That is not the Tinubu that I know. Can he please come back to his original mold? Can he bring better people and look at his policy on subsidy?”

Furthermore, Farounbi lamented the vulgar monetisation of the political system as well as the departure of ideological politics to the politics of convenience since 1999.

“It wasn’t an ideological replacement; it was a vote-gathering mechanism,” he said, adding that the country has not been able to put his best hands forward because of the “money politics” and this has interrupted the dreams of many of Nigeria’s founding fathers and patriotic citizens.

“We must demonetise the political system here in Nigeria. We must look at our political recruitment system from councilors to the top in terms of what they are bringing to the table in terms of intellect and competence,” he said, emphasising that those who help the President to win the 2023 election have not been able to help him to run it well.

Farounbi said the idea of a progressive is to be able to provide for the welfare of the people, to be able to provide food and jobs for the people.

He said Nigeria needs a mental rebirth for states to become effective federating units. He lamented that the relationship between the Federal Government and states has become that of a headmaster and a student. “We must strengthen our federating units, they are not just Lilliputs in the hands of giants,” he said.

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-I am going to ask him to look at the letter he wrote to (former President Goodluck) Jonathan in 2012. I am going to ask him to look at the cases he took to the Supreme Court on local governments.

-“I am going to ask him why is he ideologically somersaulting. Why is he not appearing as the Tinubu that we knew, why is not the Tinubu that was committed to the restructuring of this country.

“Of course, I am going to tell him that he promised us a government of national competence and ask him that in the name of all that is good, does he think that he has a government of national competence? Does he think that the people that he has assembled are the best in this country?

-“I will ask him to look even at his media; have they been projecting him rightly? What about the contradictions in what he has been saying?

-“I will ask him what is happening that there are so frequent policy changes. It has become even more difficult for anybody to even plan because you are not even sure of when he is going to somersault.

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Dr. Yemi Farounbi doesn't know Tinubu enough.
 
Tinubu is a notorious narcotics drug trafficker, certificate forger, and buccaneering power grabber engaging in criminal state capture. That's who Tinubu is.

Using the lives of over 200 million people to do trial and error. Since you don't know what you're going there to do, why did you rig out people who were better equipped for the job? Because you just wanted the title of "president", at the expense of millions of lives. I don't blame him sha, I blame our ballsless military.

That's true

The former ambassador should stop being petty.

Is he the only one who has changed his ideology? The whole country changed ideology not just president Tinubu

I even know the criminal bag man more than him. Dude is an incompetent and unrepentant kleptomaniac.

....

If can not Fly; Run
If you can not Run; walk
If you can't Walk; Crawl.

The most important is to keep moving Forward-upward.

Despite the storming clueless state of Buhari, he is far better and more coherent than the successor

I thought that BAT has something better to offer to Nigerians than what PDP offered but from narratives and happenings, BAT govt is focused less and money mongered

Tinubu is a man of the people and he will get there.

All these criticisms are just part of the game. We all know he is trying to fix a broken system.

BAT is either CONFUSED, just being WICKED, or being both CONFUSED and WICKED.

Same man that said "let the poor breathe, don't suffocate them". He is now the one cutting off oxygen from both the poor and the rich.

I thank God this is coming from a from a former Southwest envoy. If not ....

tundegan:
Tinubu is a man of the people and he will get there.

All these criticisms are just part of the game. We all know he is trying to fix a broken system.

Mind telling us what he is fixing...

Hmmm. I respect his views and I hope that he shares these views with Mr President in private.

Tinubu has never been a good administrator. He only knows how to draw plans and tax businesses. That's exactly what he did in Lagos and was busy celebrating high IGR with no significant projects to show for it.

You go cry tire. Go collect firm from a political party and contest next election against the god of Politics Emilokan JAGABAN

This man must be an obedient according to agbadorians

Tinubu is doing his best.

There are obviously one thousand and one things these people can do to make the country better, but there are demons enjoying the pains of the citizens, you won't understand, it is demonic.

Have you not wondered why they sometimes prefer to share bag of rice with billions of naira instead of creating rice milling factory with millions of naira? It is because they don't want a long term solution , they will go hungry if they can't feed on your pains.

tundegan:
Tinubu is a man of the people and he will get there.

All these criticisms are just part of the game. We all know he is trying to fix a broken system.

What is broken about the system?

Noted.

That's signs of clueless

gratiaeo:
That's signs of clueless

Tinubu is a weapon fashioned against Nigeria

BOLA AHMED TINUBU IS A DISEASE AND A PANDEMIC.
HIS MENTAL ILLNESS HAS NO CURE.
HIS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES WILL DESTROY NIGERIA FOR EVER.

Until you understand that everybody is after what they will eat you won't expect too much from anybody..
The only way to eat in Nigeria is to tell people what they love to hear so you can grab your own cake.
Tinu-omi is just a covetous he-goat ..
The uprising that will trail his antecedent can't be stopped by anyone on earth.
It is after his 8years that Nigerians will understand the evil he has caused especially for Yoruba people

BAT keep showing them who is Boss...

By the time you are done with Nigeria... Everybody head go reset... Or maybe not