2027: Handover to new generational leaders - Hammed-Baba tells Tinubu

Former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Political Matters, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has asked Tinubu to step aside over the current challenges facing Nigeria.

According to the former presidential aide, North is drifting away from the President due to economic hardship, insecurity and other challenges while the east remains politically disengaged, the south-south is fragmented. 

Also, he said south-west has been lukewarm, and its privileged position may become a burden while the north-east is deeply wounded and can no longer be taken for granted.

Baba-Ahmed, an open leader to Tinubu, asked the President to handover power to new generational leaders in 2027 when his first tenure in office will expire.

He explained that it will be a grace mistake for Tinubu to prioritize his reelection bid over governance.

Instead, the Northern leader asked the President to use the remaining two years in office to address the current situation in the country.

“Step aside not for your opponents, but for a new generation of Nigerians who can carry the nation forward with fresh energy and ideas.

“Our generation has done its time. It would be a masterstroke if you and your party yielded the field to new voices and new leadership.

“Two years is a long time, you can still achieve much.

“But if you shift attention now to electoral ambitions, you risk losing both governance momentum and public goodwill.

“If you win again without reforming your style and strategy, you may spend four more years preserving failure. If you lose, your legacy could be wiped out in an instant,” Baba-Ahmed said.

He stressed that Nigerians are aggrieved with Tinubu’s administration.

“The north is drifting from your leadership under the weight of economic hardship, insecurity, and alienation.

“The east remains politically disengaged, while the south-south is fragmented. The south-west has been lukewarm, and its privileged position may become a burden. The north-east is deeply wounded and can no longer be taken for granted,” he added.

Baba-Hammed asked Tinubu to focus on addressing the country’s most pressing problems.

“Your closed-door style of leadership, your apparent indifference to complaints of ethnic bias in appointments, and the perception that you frequently run the country from abroad while attending to personal matters have created the image of an isolated leader heading an insular administration.

“Your inner and secondary circles do not reflect the discipline or inspiration necessary to transform Nigeria,” he said