Tinubu’s policies, approach to governance killing Nigerians, Atiku insists

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies and approach to governance were killing Nigerians.

He said the President should focus on solving this problem rather than attacking the opposition which is not in the saddle.

Atiku in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, in Abuja, yesterday, spoke in response to an earlier statement issued by the Presidency.

The Presidency’s statement which was issued on Sunday, stated that Atiku’s criticisms of Tinubu’s policies were driven by jealousy.

Atiku said: “On July 8, 2024, Tinubu announced that import duty on essential goods like food would be lifted for 150 days. “

“But over 120 days later, the policy is yet to take off, while Nigerians continue to die daily due to increasing costs, including food inflation, which now exceeds 40 per cent, the highest in decades.

“The brazen disobedience to a government policy by Tinubu’s appointees and the failure of the Finance Ministry to issue a gazette after over four months reflects the fatuousness, inanity and incompetence that characterizes the Tinubu administration.