Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of neglecting the welfare and security of Nigerians despite worsening hunger and rising insecurity across the country.
In a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Atiku described the situation as “tragic,” noting that millions of citizens have been reduced to “refugees and beggars in their fatherland” despite Nigeria’s vast human and material resources.
He said, “Every responsible government holds the welfare and security of its citizens as supreme. But what we have today is an administration that has abandoned its people. Hunger is killing Nigerians, bandits are massacring communities, yet President Tinubu and his cabinet stand by, unmoved and uncaring.”
The former vice president expressed confidence that Nigerians would have the opportunity to hold the government accountable through the ballot box in the next election.
“At 65, Nigeria remains a giant moving painfully slow on feet of clay, a direct result of decades of poor leadership and wasteful governance,” he said. “Nonetheless, with the right leadership, our dear country can still rise from the ashes of failed governance to reclaim its rightful place among the comity of nations.