An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, who can also be one of many APC Presidential Campaign Council spokespersons, Mallam Alwan Hassan, has launched a scathing assault on former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, urging him to give up the 2027 presidential race, saying he has nothing to supply Nigerians, significantly these in Northern Nigeria.
Hassan, who spoke at a press briefing in Kano on Thursday, accused Atiku of failing to handle the North’s improvement challenges regardless of his years in public workplace and repeated makes an attempt to turn into president.
“Atiku should retire and enjoy whatever is left of his customs-days largesse!” he mentioned, including, “Atiku, go and retire! You have nothing to offer!”
The APC chieftain questioned Atiku’s contributions to Northern improvement, alleging that the previous vice-president had didn’t show enough dedication to the area regardless of presenting himself as a champion of its pursuits.
Hassan contrasted his criticism of Atiku together with his help for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, arguing that its financial reforms and investments in infrastructure, schooling, and social welfare justified a second time period.
He cited the reported development of Nigeria’s financial system to 4.43 per cent within the second quarter of 2026, in contrast with 2.74 per cent in 2023, in addition to the rise in gross exterior reserves to $55.1bn as of October 9, 2026.
He acknowledged that the elimination of petrol subsidy and overseas change reforms had imposed important adjustment prices on Nigerians however maintained that the insurance policies had been addressing longstanding financial challenges.
On schooling, Hassan praised the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), saying N372.6bn had been disbursed in pupil loans as of September 2026, with 1.66 million purposes processed.
He additionally cited Federal Government interventions in social welfare and infrastructure, together with money transfers to susceptible households and highway initiatives throughout Northern Nigeria.
Among the initiatives he listed had been the Kano Northern Bypass, Kano-Katsina Road, Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria hall, and Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi-Gombe-Biu-Maiduguri Superhighway.
Hassan urged voters, significantly within the North, to evaluate political leaders primarily based on their information and contributions to nationwide improvement, insisting that the area deserved greater than campaign guarantees.
He maintained that Tinubu’s administration must be given one other time period to consolidate what he described as progress in financial administration, schooling, and infrastructure.
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