“Look Nigerians In The Eye And Explain What Your Government Has Done” – Atiku To Tinubu

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged President Bola Tinubu to defend his record before Nigerians rather than hide behind governors. He recently had his say via a press statement issued by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the African Democratic Congress, ADC Presidential Campaign Council.

Stressing that ministers and defectors should not be campaigning for Tinubu’s re-election, Atiku stated that political surrogates cannot shield the president from public anger over economic hardship.

He added that BAT must answer for the hardship Nigerians have endured over the past three and a half years before seeking another four-year mandate.

His words, “Tinubu says he may miss campaign rallies because Nigeria needs his attention. Where was that urgency when Nigerians pleaded for relief?

He has had three and a half years to govern. In that time, families have been forced to cut meals, postpone medical care and watch their earnings lose value before they get home.

Let him look a mother in the eye and explain what his government has done to make food affordable.

Let him tell pensioners why they cannot afford their medicines. Let him explain to young Nigerians why years of study and hard work have still not brought them decent 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.

He can fill every campaign stage in Nigeria. He cannot fill an empty pot with surrogates. He cannot send a politician into a market to persuade prices to fall.

The people on his campaign council did not receive the mandate in 2023. Tinubu did. He made the promises. He took the decisions. He must 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.”