Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has again criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In a statement issued on Saturday by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said Tinubu’s abysmal economic record was enough to justify his removal from the Presidential Villa in 2027.
According to Atiku, under Tinubu’s administration, the naira depreciated to N1,329 per dollar from N471 per dollar.
His response came after Tinubu, in his remarks at the flag-off of his re-election campaign in Kaduna on Saturday, blamed his opponents for poverty and hunger in Nigeria.
Reacting, Atiku told Tinubu that the economic hardship his administration had inflicted on Nigerians was real.
“You cannot deny it by blaming others,” he said.
He stressed that the naira had depreciated significantly under Tinubu’s administration.
“Which administration removed the petrol subsidy and watched the naira fall from about N471 to N1,329 to the dollar?”