Daniel Bwala, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Advisor on Policy Communication, stated on Tuesday that the president can rule Nigeria from any location.
Bwala made this comment while criticising Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Party (ADC) for questioning who is in charge of Nigeria.
Vice President Kashim Shettima is in the US for the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), while Tinubu is now on vacation in Paris.
Bwala claimed that neither of the presidential candidates had offered a clear option in response to Atiku and Obi’s questions about who should lead the nation.
Posting on X, he wrote: “It is funny how opposition candidates are asking the question of who is in charge of Nigeria simply because the president and vice president are out of the country.
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“For avoidance of doubt, the power of the president to govern Nigeria is not limited to geography. As Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, he can order, direct, delegate and/or administer the Constitution of Nigeria anywhere in the world. See section 5 of the Constitution.
“@atiku and @PeterObi, you both have not yet defined and/or explained a clear alternative path other than populist rhetoric.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, says he will continue to oppose President Bola Tinubu for pushing Nigerians into poverty and hardship.
Atiku, however, vowed to challenge those policies on a daily basis.
In a statement by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu, the former vice president said Nigerians have been stripped of their purchasing power under Tinubu.
He said: “A President who can inflict this much pain on Nigerians should be able to survive hearing his own name.
“If Tinubu feels disrespected by being called his own name, he should imagine how Nigerians feel after being stripped of their purchasing power, crushed by inflation and instructed to endure hardship while those in power live extravagantly at public expense.
