I’m not in APC, but appreciate Tinubu’s bold reforms —Okupe

A former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said on Saturday he is not a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but appreciates the bold reforms initiated by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Okupe, a former presidential spokesman stated this on his X handle while reacting to criticisms over his support for the president.
The medical doctor-turned-politician has been criticised lately by supporters of the LP over the statements credited to him on the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
On Friday, he declared that he didn’t betray the former Anambra State governor but the latter betrayed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who brought him into politics.
He also insisted that President Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election.
In his latest remarks, Okupe urged his critics, especially a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Dele Momodu, to stop being personal in their criticisms.
He wrote: “I am neither a member of the APC nor an adviser of the administration.
“I appreciate the bold initiatives President Bola Tinubu took to remove fuel subsidy, which was assented to by all candidates during the campaign.
“I also fully support the sectoral equalisation of our forex market.
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“Both reforms are responsible for the hardship our people are currently experiencing, but which I believe will be temporary judging by the strenuous efforts the government is making towards ameliorating them.
“This is not praise singing. I do not count myself as a member of the opposition, hence I can be objective and understandingly supportive.
“I may not have had a hand in installing this government but it is my country and I am a stakeholder in it. I do not pray for it to crash or go down. This cannot be an offence.”
“For critics, we all are practitioners, players, and known actors in this amphitheater, no need to go personal. Let’s keep criticisms rational, mature, and professional.”
Okupe also dismissed claims he had been praising every government since 1999.
The ex-presidential aide said he only acted as an adviser in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, which he described as one of the most successful since the advent of the Fourth Republic.
Okupe said that he did not play any significant role in the administration of late President Umaru Yar Adua.
He recalled that he became an adviser for the second time in ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
According to Okupe, his association with former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Obi is in no way different from Momodu’s current association with Atiku.
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