2027: Atiku’s kitchen-sink strategy betrays crude populism, by Olu Fasan

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), is adopting a kitchen-sink approach to next year’s presidential race. A “kitchen-sink approach” involves throwing everything at a problem regardless of what works or doesn’t. That’s precisely what Atiku is doing by promising to tackle every conceivable vexed issue if he becomes president next year. Recently, he published a “12-point policy commitment”. Reading through the list, one gets the impression that Atiku simply gathered all the problems that would resonate with Nigerians, and then boldly pledged: “Leave them with me. I’ll tackle everything if you make me your president.” For a politician who promi...