2927: ‘You want another term but ashamed to face the people’ – Atiku blasts Tinubu

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his reported absence from marketing campaign rallies in some states, saying he can not search another 4-12 months term whereas counting on governors, ministers and defectors to defend the hardship Nigerians have endured over the previous three and a half years.

Atiku’s place was contained in a press release issued on Thursday by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council.

Atiku stated Tinubu ought to account for his first term earlier than asking Nigerians to renew his mandate.

“Tinubu says he could miss marketing campaign rallies as a result of Nigeria wants his consideration. Where was that urgency when Nigerians pleaded for reduction?

“He has had three and a half years to govern. In that point, households have been pressured to reduce meals, postpone medical care and watch their earnings lose worth earlier than they get dwelling.

“Now he needs another mandate. Before asking Nigerians for one, he should face them and account for the first term.

“Let him look a mom in the eye and clarify what his authorities has carried out to make meals reasonably priced. Let him inform pensioners why they can’t afford their medicines. Let him clarify to younger Nigerians why years of research and laborious work have nonetheless not introduced them first rate jobs.

“Tinubu says American creditors cannot wait. Nigerians cannot wait either. They have bills to pay, children to feed and lives to rebuild. They deserve a president who treats their suffering with the same urgency he gives creditors and investors,” Atiku stated.

He accused Tinubu of counting on political allies to defend his administration moderately than personally addressing Nigerians’ issues.

“Instead, he’s assembling a crowd of politicians to communicate for him. He can fill each marketing campaign stage in Nigeria. He can not fill an empty pot with surrogates. He can not ship a politician right into a market to persuade costs to fall.

“The individuals on his marketing campaign council didn’t obtain the mandate in 2023. Tinubu did. He made the guarantees. He took the selections. He should face the questions.

“Nigerians will hear whatever his surrogates have to say. But when they vote, they will remember what they have lived through. No crowd of politicians can stand between Tinubu and his record,” he stated.