‘Tinubu will still face people who lived through his failures’ – Atiku

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has mentioned President Bola Tinubu can’t escape public judgment over the nation’s financial hardship and insecurity by surrounding himself with influential politicians.

Atiku mentioned the growth of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council would neither erase the difficulties Nigerians had been going through nor assure the President one other time period in workplace.

He made the remarks in an announcement issued on Wednesday by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council.

The former vice-president additionally criticised the inauguration of the APC marketing campaign council on the Presidential Villa, describing the transfer as an improper use of public property for get together actions.

According to him, the rising variety of political figures within the marketing campaign council wouldn’t change how Nigerians assessed the administration.

“Only a man afraid of his record would think he could bury it under hundreds of names. None of them can erase the hunger in people’s homes, bring back those killed by violence, or free Nigerians still held captive,” he mentioned.

Atiku questioned the necessity for an expanded marketing campaign construction when many Nigerians had been battling the rising price of residing and insecurity.

He argued that the President ought to focus extra on addressing the challenges going through residents than on constructing political alliances forward of the following common election.

On the usage of the Presidential Villa for the inauguration of the APC marketing campaign council, Atiku mentioned the ability belonged to all Nigerians and shouldn’t be used as a venue for partisan political actions.

The former vice-president additionally cited a reported enhance of 17.9 million Nigerians residing in multidimensional poverty, arguing that the determine mirrored the difficulties going through the nation beneath Tinubu’s administration.

He mentioned the mixture of financial hardship and insecurity had left many Nigerians struggling, including that the federal government must reply for its file earlier than voters.

Atiku additional mentioned the ADC was placing collectively its marketing campaign group to problem the APC, insisting that political endorsements wouldn’t outweigh the experiences of strange Nigerians.

“No crowd of politicians can stand between a President and his abysmal record. Tinubu can surround himself with every political heavyweight in Nigeria; on election day, he will still face the people who lived through his failures and their list is much longer,” he mentioned.