The Deputy Director-General, Media and Communications of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Dele Momodu described the address as uninspiring.
Momodu, in reaction, posted on his X handle, said he watched and listened to President’s speech on television and was not impressed, saying day meant for celebration was turned into day of lamentation.
“Dear Mr President, please permit me to wish you Happy Independence on our 66th anniversary. I will not waste too much time Sir. I have just watched and listened to your speech on television and I must honestly say I wasn’t impressed. Today is supposed to be a day of celebration but your speech turned it into a day of lamentation,” he said.
He faulted President’s analogy of Nigeria as cancer patient that survived on painkillers before his administration, noting that President mentioned morphine as drug of choice by predecessors.
“My heart bled as you went into morbid analogy of Nigeria as being cancer patient that merely survived on painkillers before your arrival as celebrated surgeon. You specifically mentioned morphine as drug of choice by your predecessors. I’m not sure this analogy was appropriate. At time you assumed power, Nigeria probably had stage two cancer at worst. You were expected to stabilise it and not to metastasize it into stage four cancer,” Momodu said.
