Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s decision to embark on a three-week vacation in Europe amid the country’s economic and security challenges. He recently had his say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Speaking after the president’s departure, Atiku revealed that BAT’s absence from the country at a time of widespread hardship reflects a disturbing vacuum of political leadership.
He added that the circumstances surrounding the President’s trip raise questions about his leadership priorities.
His words, “Nigeria may not be facing a constitutional vacuum today, but there is a disturbing vacuum of political leadership.
I have travelled, lived and spent time abroad, and I have never pretended otherwise.
But there is a fundamental difference between the travels of a private citizen and the responsibility of the sitting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Consider what Bola Tinubu is leaving behind. Petrol priced beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Families rationing food. Transport fares that have turned a journey to one’s own village into a luxury. Insecurity that buries Nigerians week after week.
Leadership is not merely the constitutional right to occupy an office; it is the judgment to know when your country needs you at home.
A father may travel when all is well. But when his roof is burning and his family is trapped inside, he does not pick up his suitcase and head for the airport.
It is not that a President must never rest or travel. It is that Nigeria is burning, and the President has chosen a boarding pass over the fire extinguisher.
Millions of Nigerians are being grounded by hardship while their President is airborne.
Tinubu made Nigeria expensive. I will make Nigeria affordable again.”
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