Sowore Gives Tinubu's Government a F9 Rating

Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate for the African Action Congress in 2027, has said President Bola Tinubu’s government deserves an “F9” in all areas. He pointed out failures in security, power, education, healthcare, food security and the economy.

Sowore, who runs Sahara Reporters, added that if Tinubu were his student, he would tell him to leave the class.

He made these comments during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Tuesday. He was discussing Tinubu’s performance after three years in office.

When asked about any positives from the administration, Sowore said he could not find any.

“Nothing, because I rate the government from a number of parameters, and one of them is security. You know where we are, failed.

“We’re talking about the power sector; the national grid has collapsed more than anything else in this country in the last three years.

“Talking about education: we are now asking our children to borrow to go to school.

“We’re talking about healthcare: even the president doesn’t go to Nigerian hospitals.

“You’re talking about food security: Nigeria is on the list of countries that is regarded as hungry to the point that the FAO… the Food and Agriculture Organization… considers Nigeria as one of the places you have to send food to in 2026 to feed its people.

“You’re talking about the economy: we have grown the number of poor people from 70 million about three years ago to 140 million. That doesn’t look good.

“We’re talking about multidimensionally poor people. So, you tell me, if you look at all these parameters, where I can fit even a good comment, where I can even grade them ‘F’. I can’t find it,” Sowore said.

Sowore added, “As I usually say, being a former professor or teacher, professors are what they call teachers in the US, university teachers, I would just ask the administration to leave. That would have solved it.

“But if Tinubu were to be in my class, I’d just ask him to go and find another school. Or go and learn…” he said.

When the presenter suggested that his comments were similar to those of the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who had told Tinubu to retire, Sowore disagreed.

“No, I’m not asking him to retire. I’m asking him to go back to school,” he said.

Sowore is the AAC presidential candidate for the 2027 election, while Tinubu is seeking re-election under the All Progressives Congress.