A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, on Sunday cautioned politicians to allow President Bola Tinubu to concentrate on tackling Nigeria’s socioeconomic challenges instead of distracting him with agitations over the 2027 general elections.

He chided some politicians for prioritising preparations for the 2027 general polls over the daunting problems of insecurity, economic hardship, and other inhibitions plaguing the country.

In a statement forwarded to journalists in Osogbo, Oyintiloye, who hitherto represented Obokun State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, contended that the political class should allow Tinubu to concentrate on addressing pressing national matters.

He recalled that upon assuming office in 2023, the president inherited a troubled economy with a ballooning debt profile, a volatile naira, and unsustainable fuel subsidy spending, noting that “through his technocratic background, halfway through his administration, he had rekindled a ray of hope that many Nigerians seemed to have given up on.

“His bold steps on reform, starting with the removal of fuel subsidy on his first day in office and later collapsing multiple exchange rates into a single market-determined rate, are now yielding positive results,” Oyintiloye posited.

The former lawmaker said that it was worrisome how politicians were discussing who would get what ahead of the 2027 elections, while the president was busy dealing with various challenges confronting the country.

According to the statement, “some people are already jostling to be vice president. The president is facing serious tasks to keep the economy healthy, defeat the evil of insurgency, and fix critical infrastructures that are not being supported anymore.

“The noise-making of these political opportunists, hell-bent on causing distractions, is capable of slowing down progress. It is becoming nauseating, to say the least. The 2027 election is still over a year and a half away, and yet those chasing positions won’t allow the president to work.”

While observing that the president’s administration was just two years into office, Oyintiloye emphasised that the 2027 elections should not be at the forefront at the moment, stressing that
“politicians should allow the president to concentrate on delivering good governance, which he had been doing over the last couple of months.

“There are many pressing national matters that the president is attending to at the moment. Distracting him with who gets what ahead of 2027 and even 2031 elections is absurd and uncalled for,” he averred.