Former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has asked President Bola Tinubu to resign.
According to him, Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech failed to reflect the realities of insecurity and economic hardship that Nigerians are facing.
Melaye stated this in Abuja during the third posthumous legacy colloquium held in honour of late Raymond Dokpesi. The event was organised by D-37, a group of Dokpesi’s political associates.
The former lawmaker said Tinubu’s June 12 address did not accurately capture the challenges facing ordinary citizens.
“I have a problem with every part of Tinubu’s June 12 broadcast because it did not represent the truth. The statistics are faulted, the intentions are not genuine, and every part of that speech is at variance with the practical experience of what Nigerians are going through. It carries no hope,” Melaye said.
He cited recent incidents of insecurity, including reported attacks in Kogi State and school-related abductions, as evidence of worsening security challenges across the country.
According to him, the Federal Government should treat insecurity as a national emergency and demonstrate greater capacity in addressing the problem.
“This story is the same across almost all the states of the country. For a government that is sensitive to its people, the president ought to have declared a state of emergency on security,” he said.
