'It's new' – Rufai Oseni raises questions on Tinubu’s US taxi-driving story

Arise Television anchor, Rufai Oseni, has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s account of his previous, following his latest revelation that he as soon as drove taxis within the United States.

Oseni mentioned Nigerians had been progressively studying new particulars concerning the President, recalling that Tinubu had beforehand spoken about inheriting substantial actual property wealth from his mother and father.

The broadcaster made the remarks on Thursday throughout Arise Television’s Morning Show whereas reacting to Tinubu’s account of his achievements and guarantees.

He mentioned the revelation about taxi driving was new, noting that Tinubu had, throughout an interview with the BBC forward of the final presidential election, spoken about inheriting important actual property from his mother and father.

“President Tinubu talking about all the promises he has done, at least it’s a new one, we know that he drove taxis in America.

“That’s a brand new one as a result of I assumed that the final interview, the one he held at BBC over the past election, he mentioned he inherited nice actual property from his mother and father.

“So I’m happy now that he drove taxi. At least we know that he drove taxis, but he also said he inherited great real estate wealth from his parents. So I mean, we’re getting to know a lot of things about him,” Oseni mentioned.

The Arise anchor acknowledged among the initiatives highlighted by Tinubu, together with the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, investments in hospitals and funding for universities.

He, nonetheless, questioned the influence of the initiatives on odd Nigerians, arguing that the federal government’s claims of achievements needs to be measured by their results on residents.

According to him, entry to healthcare stays a priority, whereas complaints by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, recommend that challenges within the college system have but to be totally addressed.

Oseni additionally questioned the influence of presidency borrowing, saying Nigerians weren’t seeing corresponding enhancements regardless of the loans being collected.

“But the question is the trickle-down effects. Are people still getting access to healthcare? Is he revamping the healthcare sector?” he queried.

He additional argued that the federal government wanted to reveal how its spending and borrowing had translated into tangible advantages for Nigerians.

“We are not seeing a lot of spending as regards the budget. You are collecting the loans. We don’t see the effect of the loans,” he added.