The Presidency has dismissed Atiku Abubakar’s latest assertion, saying the previous vp is out of contact with the true scenario in Nigeria.
Particular Adviser to the President on Info and Technique, Bayo Onanuga stated Atiku’s declare that starvation is ravaging the nation, and his comparability of Nigeria’s scenario to France earlier than the 1789 Revolution or Russia earlier than the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, is deceptive and much from actuality.
In line with Onanuga, the most recent figures from the Nationwide Bureau of Statistics (NBS) present a distinct image. Inflation has dropped for the fifth month in a row, and Nigeria not too long ago recorded an enormous commerce surplus, with non-oil exports contributing virtually as a lot as oil exports.
He added that international reserves are rising once more, now near $42 billion, in comparison with $32 billion when President Tinubu took workplace.
He stated the federal government has cleared over $7 billion in money owed, together with $800 million owed to worldwide airways.
Onanuga additionally claimed that beneath Tinubu, Nigeria is producing document revenues, with states now in a position to pay salaries and pensions on time whereas nonetheless having funds left for growth tasks. He described this as a stage of progress not seen earlier than.
“Below President Tinubu, Nigeria is recording unprecedented revenues. States at the moment are in a position to pay salaries and gratuities promptly and nonetheless have surplus funds for capital and social tasks—an achievement not beforehand witnessed at this scale, he stated in a press release on his X deal with on Monday.
He argued that the issues going through the nation at this time started throughout the PDP years when Atiku was vp, blaming their mismanagement for present challenges. In his phrases, Tinubu’s administration is fixing these errors by means of daring reforms.
Onanuga harassed that after two years and 5 months, Nigerians are already seeing the outcomes of President Tinubu’s management, even when Atiku and his allies refuse to acknowledge the progress.
