Salihu Lukman, the immediate past National Vice Chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has criticized the party’s performance in fulfilling its campaign promises. In an interview with Arise TV on Monday, Lukman rated the APC’s efforts in areas such as security, economic stability, and anti-corruption as very poor.
He expressed hope that the new leadership would avoid the practices of the previous administration under President Buhari.
“I admit that in terms of meeting up with our campaign promises, we have done badly, no doubt about it.
“And what are those campaign promises? Issues of security, the economy, fighting corruption. We have done badly and people are free to conclude whether or not APC is worse than PDP.
“But as of 2023, before the election, I had the hope that because our leaders were not in denial of the challenges facing us, they would be humble enough to admit that we have not done what we needed to do between 2015 and 2023.
“That’s why I was practically very very confident that he would not really do business as usual the way President Buhari did.
“Unfortunately, here we are. He’s doing business as usual. And as it is, we are going to end up in a worse situation.
“So to that extent, you might be right in criticising some of us who were in APC and who supported President Asiwaju,” he said.
Lukman pointed out that one of President Tinubu’s most controversial decisions was the immediate termination of the petroleum subsidy, which lacked adequate planning and preparation. According to Lukman, this abrupt decision has significantly worsened living conditions in the country.
