The African Action Congress presidential candidate for the 2027 election, Omoyele Sowore, has described President Bola Tinubu’s administration as a failure, saying it deserves an “F9” based on its performance in key sectors.
Sowore made the remarks during an appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Tuesday while assessing the administration’s record after three years in office.
He said the government had failed to make meaningful progress in areas such as security, electricity, education, healthcare, food security and the economy.
“I rate the government from a number of parameters, and one of them is security. You know where we are—failed,” Sowore said.
He argued that the country’s power sector had continued to struggle, noting that repeated national grid collapses reflected the administration’s poor performance.
“We’re talking about the power sector; the national grid has collapsed more than anything else in this country in the last three years,” he stated.
The AAC presidential candidate also criticised the government’s education policy, saying many students now depend on loans to pursue higher education.
On healthcare, he alleged that public confidence in the nation’s health system remained low.
“We’re talking about healthcare: even the president doesn’t go to Nigerian hospitals,” he said.
Sowore further expressed concern over food insecurity and rising poverty, claiming Nigeria had become increasingly vulnerable to hunger.
“We’re talking about food security. Nigeria is now regarded as one of the countries where food assistance is needed. On the economy, the number of poor people has increased significantly. Looking at all these parameters, I can’t even find where to give the administration a passing grade,” he said.
The former presidential candidate added that if Tinubu were his student, he would advise him to leave the classroom and return to learning.
“If Tinubu were in my class, I’d ask him to go and find another school. I’m not asking him to retire; I’m asking him to go back to school,” Sowore said.
When asked whether his remarks were similar to those of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, who had previously urged the president to retire, Sowore rejected the comparison, insisting his position was different.
President Tinubu is expected to seek re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 presidential election, while Sowore will fly the flag of the African Action Congress.
