Presidency counters Atiku’s hunger claim, says Nigeria on right track

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA – THE Presidency past nighttime chided the erstwhile Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar implicit his alleged connection that Nigeria is being ravaged by hunger and the examination that the concern successful the state is akin to the unrest successful France earlier the 1789 revolution.

The Presidency said that the claims by the erstwhile Vice President was an denotation that helium (Atiku)and his handlers are retired of interaction with unfolding developments the country.

In a connection issued by the Special Adviser to the President connected Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the presidency enthused that alternatively Nigeria is moving successful the close absorption nether President Bola Tinubu.

The connection read: “Talk is cheap. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his handlers are intelligibly retired of interaction with the affirmative developments presently unfolding successful our country.

“Their assertion that hunger is ravaging Nigeria, and their examination of our concern to the unrest successful France earlier the 1789 Revolution oregon the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution successful Russia, is grossly misleading.

“Their latest connection demonstrates a disconnect from the authentic Nigerian reality, arsenic caller information tells a antithetic story. Just today, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released its figures for August, showing that header ostentation has declined for the 5th consecutive month.

“Over the weekend, the NBS besides reported a grounds commercialized surplus, with the publication of non-oil exports to our commercialized equilibrium present astir matching that of crude lipid astatine a ratio of 48:52 per cent.

“Our overseas speech reserves are connected the rise, present approaching $42 billion. When President Tinubu assumed office, reserves stood astatine $32 billion, overmuch of it encumbered. This medication has since cleared implicit $7 cardinal successful arrears, including $800 cardinal owed to airlines.”

It further stated: “Under President Tinubu, Nigeria is signaling unprecedented revenues. States are present capable to wage salaries and gratuities promptly and inactive person surplus funds for superior and societal projects—an accomplishment not antecedently witnessed astatine this scale.

“Nigeria is moving successful the close direction. In contrast, Atiku and his enactment stay stuck successful the past, fixated connected doomsday scenarios and revolutionary rhetoric. Ironically, galore of the challenges we look contiguous stem from the economical mismanagement during the PDP years, erstwhile Atiku was Vice President. President Tinubu and his squad are moving relentlessly to close those errors, with bold reforms.

“After conscionable 2 years and 5 months successful office, we are arrogant of the advancement being made nether President Tinubu’s leadership. Atiku and his allies whitethorn take to disregard these gains, but Nigerians tin spot and consciousness the affirmative changes taking spot crossed the nation.”

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