Forget Atiku’s Roadside Ideas: Supporters Tell Buhari

By GWG Staff

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has been advised to reserve his ‘roadside’ ideas of revamping the country’s economy till 2023, when and if he secures the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) presidential ticket to vie for the office of President of Nigeria.

Reacting to Atiku’s recent suggestions on diversifying the country’s economy, the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), in a statement signed by Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy Madueke, Chairman and Secretary respectively, wondered why Atiku as Nigeria’s Vice  President and  Head of National Economic Council between 1999 to 2007 did not initiate or execute a single programme geared towards diversifying the economy.

“Atiku’s comments on reforms show clearly that he is coming late with his uninformed and confused ideas on diversification”.

BMO, while questioning the moral standing of Atiku in making such calls for reforms now, described him as “hypocritical, stale and lacking a full grasp of basic economic issues and sheer lack of understanding of the glaring differences between Western Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent brand of crude oil.

“Atiku needs to be reminded that he is only playing up our debt issue as Nigeria’s debt profile had already been commended, despite the rotten fiscal regime bequeathed to the Buhari administration by his (Atiku’s) party, the PDP, after overseeing massive looting of the treasury for 26 years.

“To say the least, Atiku is not sincere in his belated calls for reforms. He just wants to be heard and acknowledged as a possible heir to the throne and one possessing miraculous answers to our economic and oil crisis challenges.

“We advise Atiku to embark on a massive campaign of trust and confidence-building with his party members ahead of the party’s primary election for 2023, rather than dissipating his energy on wrong economic prescriptions.

“We are sure however that the PDP will not allow a repeat of vote buying by him as was the case at its presidential convention in Port Harcourt in 2018”, BMO added.

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