A senior Consultant and Public Affairs analyst, Abdulsalam Suleiman Izuagbe, on Thursday faulted those blaming Bola Tinubu for the current situation of hardship, insecurity, food crisis and inflation ongoing in Nigeria.
Izuagbe said Tinubu inherited a near comatose economy from former President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that he (Tinubu) did not remove fuel subsidy that paved the way for the current economic situation in the country.
Izuagbe stated that since assuming office, Tinubu has been making efforts to recover the losses Nigeria incurred during the previous administrations.
In his words, “People are blaming Tinubu for the state of affairs of the country, it’s not correct because many people forget that when he assumed office, he inherited an almost comatose economy and people should remember that during the presentation of the 2023 budget by Zainab Ahmed, there was provision for fuel subsidy removal up to June 2023.
“The only thing Nigerians are using to crucify Tinubu is that he came to remove the subsidy which is a lie, he wasn’t the one who removed the subsidy; there was no provision for subsidy in the budget.”
Izuagbe continued, “It’s disturbing that Nigerians are blaming Tinubu now that multinational corporations are leaving Nigeria.
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“We must all agree that the issue of insecurity is responsible for most of these cases that made the economy collapse and it’s been there long before Tinubu came in.
“For instance, how can you explain the suicide bombing in Borno State two weeks ago killing about 30 human beings? This means that our security operatives are not using appropriate equipment and command systems to destroy the enemies of Nigeria.
“People who have no regard for human life can slaughter people at will and those sponsoring them said they should not be referred to as terrorists but bandits; you don’t treat enemies with kid gloves.
“And when you see all these things, they still blame Tinubu for the failure that was handed over to him, a failed system was handed over to him just like Obasanjo said recently that there is no structure,”he said.
Izuagbe further added that the president is taking good step towards solving the inherited problem stressing that Tinubu is performing well.
“He’s taking good steps to rectify the errors he inherited by trying to create ways to recover the losses we have suffered as a nation.
“Since he assumed office, Tinubu has been performing well, sending palliatives to the state while some of them have not yet told us what they did with it. I know that with the Economic Coordination Council and the calibre of men in it, some bold will come up.”
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