Presidency Tackles Atiku Over ‘Hunger’ Claim

The Presidency connected Monday berated erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar implicit his comments connected the authorities of the nation, describing his claims of hunger and looming unrest arsenic misleading and retired of interaction with reality.

Atiku had successful a connection issued earlier, compared Nigeria’s existent concern to the unrest that preceded the 1789 French Revolution and the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution successful Russia.

Responding to the remarks, Special Adviser connected Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, connected his X handle, dismissed the comparison, insisting that caller information showed affirmative advancement nether President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

“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,” the Presidency said.

Citing the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Onanuga noted that header ostentation had declined for the 5th consecutive period successful August, portion implicit the weekend, the Bureau besides reported a grounds commercialized surplus.

It added that the publication of non-oil exports to the country’s commercialized equilibrium was present astir astatine par with crude lipid astatine a ratio of 48:52 per cent.

The presidency further disclosed that Nigeria’s overseas speech reserves had risen to astir $42billion, up from $32bn erstwhile Tinubu assumed office.

According to the Presidency, arrears of implicit $7billion, including $800million owed to airlines, had besides been cleared wrong the period.

It added that nether the existent administration, states were present capable to wage salaries and gratuities promptly, portion inactive having funds near for superior and societal projects — an accomplishment it said had not been witnessed astatine specified standard before.

“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,” Onanuga said.

The Presidency further accused the erstwhile Vice President and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being fixated connected “doomsday scenarios and revolutionary rhetoric.”

It added that galore challenges facing the state presently stemmed from what it described arsenic “economic mismanagement during the PDP years, erstwhile Atiku was Vice President.”