Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu is worse than his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari, News About Nigeria reports.
He stated this through his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, noting that the Tinubu-led administration is not ready for governance.
He expressed his disappointment that the administration had to wait for Nigerians to take to the streets to draw attention to the desperate times the citizens have been forced to live in.
According to him, if the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration hasn’t realised the enormity of Nigerians’ sufferings by now, it wasn’t ready for governance from the start.
He maintained that Nigerians are witnessing a higher dimensions of the sufferings they witnessed under Buhari, adding that insecurity and inflation keep soaring daily.
“There were certainly challenges before now, that’s why you were given the mandate. We know so many things were done wrong under Buhari.
“The economy went into recession twice under the last APC administration because it knew nothing about economics, Nopotism and corruption were at an all-time high.
“Whatever Buhari did wrong, we are seeing a higher dimension under Tinubu. What we are witnessing today is Buhari pro-max. Divisions under Buhari have become craters under this government.
“How can the cost of basic food items come down when farmers can still no go back to their farms due to insecurity?
“Look at all the drama over the Dangote Refinery; this is one refinery that the last administration, inspite of its failings, invested $20 billion in taxpayers money.
“We had thought that by now our domestic needs will be met and exports will generate the much needed foreign exchange for our development but here we are asking questions.
“What is going on? Did this administration enter into any partnership with foreign interests to ruin this investment?
“Sadly, there is nothing in the horizon to show that this government is ready to solve our nation’s problems,” he stated.
