By Our Reporter
Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is neither missing nor absent from his duties, but actively engaged in the complex, demanding business of statecraft involving the painstaking coordination of policy, security, diplomacy, and economic reform.
Lagos APC said this on Tuesday in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Hon. Seye Oladejo, titled: "Where’s the President? - The Cry of an Analog Aspirant," in reaction to comments credited to the 2023 Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, who questioned President Tinubu’s incessant travel outside the country.
President Tinubu on Sunday arrived in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to attend the 2026 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2026), which began on Monday, an event which he was invited to participate in by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE.
The party, while noting that Peter Obi had taken yet another pedestrian outburst that "betrays not only his chronic obsession with optics but also his persistent difficulty with governance realities in a modern state," declared pointedly that President Tinubu remained fully engaged in the business of governance, both within and outside the country.
According to APC, the president’s schedule is driven by national interest, and not the convenience of political hecklers who confused noise for substance, noting that, while Mr. Obi fixates on physical sightings, the country, under Tinubu, witnesses tangible actions, decisive economic reforms, strategic security engagements, robust diplomatic outreach, and a clear articulation of the nation's renewed global posture.
"One wonders whether Mr. Obi’s fixation stems from his own limited appreciation of executive responsibility. Nigerians have not forgotten that leadership is measured by outcomes, not by a leader’s constant visibility in the public square," the party said.
Speaking further, APC maintained that President Tinubu remained fully in charge constitutionally, operationally, and morally-directing the affairs of the nation with focus and resolve, even as it quickly noted that "the country deserves, and indeed has, a president who works-sometimes quietly, always purposefully-rather than one who performs for applause."
It, therefore, counselled Peter Obi, who is also former Anambra State governor "to upgrade his political firmware," saying that "Nigeria has moved beyond analog politics of grandstanding and hollow soundbites."
It would be recalled that Obi, had in a statement posted on his verified X account on Monday, questioned the whereabouts of President Tinubu, saying that his concern was driven by the scale of challenges confronting the country and the perceived absence of direct presidential engagement at a critical time.
The former presidential candidate on LP platform alleged that Tinubu spent 196 days outside the country in 2025, adding that this exceeded the time he spent within Nigeria during the same period, even as he equally claimed that Nigerians had not heard directly from the president since December 2025.
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