The All Progressives Congress has faulted criticism of President Bola Tinubu by candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, asking the duo to share suggestions with the President on how to effectively run the economy and governance.
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, in an interview with Channels TV on Tuesday, urged the two presidential candidates of opposition political parties to suggest ideas to President Tinubu and not just condemn what the government is doing to address economic hardship in the country.
Mr Morka stated that they were making “incendiary” statements to instigate the public.
He said, “Opposition politics is not necessarily about condemning. These individuals, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, touted some of the economic policies this government is running with to be at the core of their economic agenda. So what has happened? So it is not enough to just condemn, these leaders should be able to, assuming they have the silver bullets this government is not deploying, they point it out.’’
Mr Morka dismissed Abubakar’s recent criticisms of the Tinubu-led APC government as “completely jaundiced by his own political self-interest.”
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“It is not enough for Atiku Abubakar to bandy words. I expect a man who thinks deeply as he claims about governance, economy, and other aspects of our natural life to offer ideas, concrete suggestions,” he said.
The duo of Abubakar and Obi have criticised Tinubu’s economic policies, lamenting economic hardship in the country.
Last week, Atiku berated Tinubu’s government, saying his chaotic policies were dashing hope and pushing the country to the brink.
With inflation and food prices spiking under Tinubu’s watch, Nigerians have cried out over economic hardship. Earlier in the week, protests over soaring food prices rocked two northern states, Niger and Kano.
But Tinubu, in December 2023, urged Nigerians to show understanding, saying “the financial re-engineering of our country is ongoing. We are determined to deliver Nigeria safely through the tunnel of hope, stability, and economic prosperity.”
Recalled that in some weeks ago, fuji maestro Wasiu Ayinde, a.k.a Kwam 1, who is also Tinubu’s musician ally during his campaign, cried out over economic hardship in the country.
“Nigerians are angry, traders are angry, why is kidnapping on the increase?” Kwam 1 sang, lamenting the naira freefall against the dollar.
And also in some few days ago as well, an actor, and loyalist of the President, Olaiya Igwe, who went unclad during the 2023 general elections campaign, has come out to begs Nigerians for campaigning naked for Tinubu, while he noted the hardship Nigerians passed through under Tinubu’s administration makes them to be sending corse to him every day by day. He also urge the President to comes to the aid of the people, explaining that people are lamenting, cost of food is high and not friendly.