A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described the presidential census committee set up by President Bola Tinubu as “one goof, too many,” asserting that posterity will not be kind to the present APC administration, in view of the many wrong steps it has continued to take.
The APC chieftain in a statement issued on Saturday, expressed dismay over the composition of the census committee announced by President Tinubu, with only one section of the country dominating the membership of the committee for such a sensitive national assignment.
Eze accused Tinubu of nepotism and of using tribal sentiments as a last resort to gain political traction and visibility ahead the 2027 presidential election.
“He knows how he won the 2023 presidential election. It is sad and unacceptable that the president from day one of his inauguration on May 29, 2023, made his re-election bid in 2027, a centre-piece of his administration’s policy, thereby relegating genuine democratic governance to the backdrop.
“Now, to avoid being humiliated out of office in 2027, Mr. President is doing everything humanly, politically and tribally possible to remain in power.
“Of course, the best way to actualize his ambition is to garner the support of his kinsmen by fixing them in virtually all sensitive and revenue generating establishments in a multi-tribal nation like Nigeria, not minding whose ox is gourd.
“As if nothing is wrong with Tinubu’s act of nepotism and tribal politics, he recently inaugurated the census committee populated mostly by the people of South West, with no representation from the North-East, South-South and of course, the South-East, that doesn’t even exist in his political and administrative calculation,” the APC chieftain said.
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Eze said it is sad and unfortunate that the president of a plural and diversified nation like Nigeria, in setting up such a sensitive committee did not consider the federal character principle in appointing members of the committee.
“To President Tinubu, nobody from the North-East, South-South and South-East is worthy to be a member of such a sensitive committee?
“I wonder how the dealings of such crafted and lopsided committee can do justice to this great nation,” Eze queried.
He noted that census is crucial for national development, accurate planning, and effective decision-making in healthcare, education, security, and economic planning.
Eze reminded the president that the planned census is for Nigeria and not for the South-West region.
