The Director of Strategic Communication of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council, Phrank Shaibu, has accused President Bola Tinubu of shedding contact with actuality, claiming the President has no report to point out for 3 and a half years in workplace.
Shaibu made the remarks throughout an interview on ARISE News on Sunday, the place he criticised Tinubu’s dealing with of the economic system and his response to complaints about starvation and the rising price of dwelling.
He questioned the President’s declare that the opposition was chargeable for the starvation Nigerians had been experiencing, arguing that the administration had worsened the scenario since taking workplace in May 2023.
“He has lost touch with reality. Bola is not aware of his environment. He is not aware of what Nigerians are going through. He’s not even aware that he’s president,” he mentioned.
“I watched him yesterday and my eight-year-old son who was beside me said, what’s this man talking about? He has been in office for three and a half years. And he’s talking about hunger being created by the opposition. I think it is delusional.”
Shaibu argued that Tinubu needs to be held accountable for the nation’s financial circumstances moderately than blaming earlier administrations or opposition events.
“Now, what we are asking, what Atiku Abubakar is asking, what Nigerians are asking, if what Bola Tinubu met on the 29th of May 2023 was hunger… the least he could have done was to leave us at the state he met us in 2023, where a litre of fuel was 167 Naira,” he mentioned.
He additional accused the President of worsening the hardship Nigerians confronted earlier than his administration took workplace.
“But Tinubu has raised that hunger from where he met it in 2023 to an ontological level, an irredeemable level, a reckless level. What he’s talking about is a manifestation of tendentious wickedness, deliberate wickedness,” Shaibu mentioned.
The ADC marketing campaign director additionally questioned Tinubu’s continued references to the opposition, noting that the President’s celebration had ruled Nigeria for eight years earlier than the present administration.
“And it is, in fact, it amounts to shamelessness on his part. For him to sit down after three and a half years and begin to talk about, they’re still talking about opposition. Opposition, when he was leader of the party for eight years, party rules, President Muhammadu Buhari, may he rest in peace, ran this country and handed over to him in May 2023,” he mentioned.
Shaibu maintained that the elimination of the petrol subsidy underneath Tinubu had contributed to the rising price of dwelling, leaving many Nigerians struggling to afford primary requirements.
“So, Bola Tinubu claimed the podium, and announced that subsidy was gone. And boom, what happened? Everything rose astronomically. The Nigerians cannot afford three square meals today,” he mentioned.
He added that the financial scenario had affected entry to training, pointing to rising college charges and the introduction of pupil loans.
“Children are dropping out of schools. He established NELFUND to give students loans. That is after school fees in various universities have been increased by over 400 percent,” Shaibu mentioned.
He argued that the President’s rationalization of the nation’s financial difficulties confirmed a disconnect from the experiences of atypical Nigerians.
“But if we allow Bola, if he feels, if at this stage, after three and a half years, Bola feels that, look, I’m here to eradicate the hunger created by the opposition, then what he did yesterday in Kaduna was just a confession to the Nigerian people that, look, I’m not ready to be president. I can’t continue in office anymore,” he mentioned.
Faridah Abdulkadiri
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