According to a report published on the official X account of Daily Post on Monday, October 26, 2026, Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the Atiku Presidential Campaign Council, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his statement that Nigeria would never return to Egypt.
Okonkwo reacted to the president’s remarks by arguing that the country’s current economic and security challenges contradicted the message conveyed by the statement. He suggested that Nigeria was experiencing serious difficulties under Tinubu’s administration and used the biblical reference to Egypt and the wilderness to express his concerns about the country’s direction.
In his response, Okonkwo argued that the president’s comments highlighted what he described as a difficult period for Nigerians. He maintained that economic hardship, hunger and insecurity had worsened the living conditions of many citizens.
The campaign council spokesperson also accused the Tinubu administration of placing the country under an excessive debt burden. He expressed concern about the government’s borrowing and its implications for Nigeria’s economic future, describing the situation as one that had left the country struggling to meet the needs of its people.
According to Kenneth Okonkwo on his official X account, “When Tinubu says Nigeria will not go back to Egypt, it shows that under him, Nigeria is in the wilderness and is closer to Egypt than to the promised land.
“Tinubu has made us a beggarly nation, a hungry and insecure nation without food or water”.
The remarks reflect Okonkwo’s criticism of the federal government’s handling of economic and security matters. His comments also place the debate within the broader political discussions surrounding the administration’s policies and Nigeria’s preparations for the 2027 general election.
Tinubu’s reference to Egypt has become a point of political discussion, with critics interpreting the statement differently from the administration’s intended message. Okonkwo, in particular, used the biblical imagery to argue that Nigerians were still waiting for meaningful improvements in their daily lives.
His comments have added to the ongoing exchange between supporters and critics of the federal government over the state of the economy, public debt, food affordability and national security.
As political debate intensifies ahead of the next general election, the administration’s economic decisions and their impact on ordinary Nigerians are likely to remain central issues in discussions about the country’s leadership and future direction.
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