Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, Atiku Abubakar, has, for the umpteenth time, taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu over his decision to embark on a three-week vacation in Europe, considering the country’s economic and security challenges.
Atiku also faulted the President, stating that “Tinubu made Nigeria expensive,” while promising to make the country affordable again if elected into office.
Atiku said: “Nigeria may not be facing a constitutional vacuum today, but there is a disturbing vacuum of political leadership.”
“I have travelled, lived and spent time abroad, and I have never pretended otherwise. But there is a fundamental difference between the travels of a private citizen and the responsibility of the sitting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
“Consider what Bola Tinubu is leaving behind. Petrol priced beyond the reach of ordinary people. Families rationing food. Transport fares that have turned a journey to one’s own village into a luxury. Insecurity that buries Nigerians week after week.”
“Leadership is not merely the constitutional right to occupy an office; it is the judgment to know when your country needs you at home.”
“A father may travel when all is well. But when his roof is burning and his family is trapped inside, he does not pick up his suitcase and head for the airport.”
“It is not that a President must never rest or travel. It is that Nigeria is burning, and the President has chosen a boarding pass over the fire extinguisher.”
“Millions of Nigerians are being grounded by hardship while their President is airborne.
“Tinubu made Nigeria expensive. I will make Nigeria affordable again.”