Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, and former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi have flayed the administration of President Bola Tinubu for “weaponising poverty”.
They spoke at a public lecture held in honour of Amaechi who clocked 60 in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Saturday.
They criticised the economic policies of the Tinubu administration. “This particular government is weaponising poverty and that is why we are in this alliance to make sure we don’t allow them to continue weaponising poverty,” Atiku said.
For El-Rufai, Nigeria at the moment is in its biggest struggle since 1914. “We are working together to be a coalition to take Nigeria back,” he said.
The celebrant said the gains of the subsidy removal and forex unification policies of the Tinubu administration are in the private pockets of a few individuals in government.
Amaechi said, “At a point, we were paying close to ₦4 trillion to ₦5 trillion for oil subsidy so we stopped but where is the ₦4 trillion to ₦5 trillion? If they drop it on the economy, you will not be crying. We want to submit to the opposition if the opposition can lead us out of this problem.”