Don’t judge Tinubu by ‘Nigerians are hungry’ rhetoric, Bwala faults Atiku’s hunger claim

Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu connected Policy Communication, has dismissed caller criticisms from erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar, stating that Tinubu’s authorities should not beryllium judged by the communicative of hunger from absorption leaders.

Atiku had precocious claimed that 2 years into Tinubu’s presidency, determination were inactive nary signs that helium could code Nigeria’s poorness and hunger crisis.

Reacting to Atiku’s assertion during his quality connected TVC’s FCT Brief connected Wednesday, Bwala argued that the erstwhile Vice President’s assertion was misleading.

“The astir cardinal happening is the contented helium (Atiku) has raised. Does helium person a valid point? He does not due to the fact that the information suggests otherwise,” Bwala said.

He accused absorption figures of deliberately attempting to discredit authorities efforts.

“What bash you expect them to bash different than to effort their champion to spot however they tin demarcate the authorities successful bid to make the buzz astir what they do,” helium said.

Citing advancement successful the system and nationalist services, Bwala insisted the administration’s policies were stabilising the system.

“For example, we person accrued overseas reserves. Our nett export has increased. We person little dependency connected imports. We person created a operation that has stabilised the economy,” helium said.

Bwala besides highlighted authorities interventions, including healthcare improvements and pupil indebtedness initiatives.

“He won’t speech astir the Caesarean league we provided successful each the hospitals successful Nigeria — how the radical don’t person to suffer. He doesn’t speech astir the NELFUND we person provided. He should beryllium capable to talk and accidental whether it’s moving oregon not.”

He accused absorption leaders of shifting their criticisms aft they were proven incorrect connected argumentation direction.

“They started archetypal by saying our economical exemplary is wrong. Now, aft 2 years, we’ve been capable to beryllium them otherwise. They are canine whistling for civilian unrest,” Bwala alleged.

According to him, hunger has ever been a recurring situation successful Nigeria’s history, not unsocial to Tinubu’s administration.

“Nigerians were bare successful 1960, bare successful 1980, bare successful 1990, bare successful 1999. It was betwixt 1999 to 2003 that idiosyncratic sang ‘Nigeria Jaga Jaga’. You mean helium sang successful abstract?” helium asked.

“There has ne'er been a clip successful which determination is nary 1 occupation oregon the different arsenic acold arsenic the Nigerian radical is concerned. But justice the metrics. Judge america not by the rhetoric of Nigerians are hungry. Judge america by the dynamics of what we’re putting successful spot and whether it’s working,” helium added.

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