Atiku criticises Tinubu over N33.75bn cash transfer payments

The statesmanlike campaigner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the Bola Tinubu medication implicit the handling of N33.75 cardinal reportedly paid to 3.29 cardinal susceptible households nether the government’s currency transportation programme.

He spoke successful a connection issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant connected Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu.

According to Atiku, the magnitude progressive was already excessively tiny to meaningfully cushion the effects of the rising outgo of living.

He noted that N33.75 cardinal shared among 3.29 cardinal households amounts to astir N10,258 per household.

“Nigerians are already facing higher proscription fares, energy costs, nutrient prices and taxes pursuing the removal of the substance subsidy,” helium said.

Atiku said the authorities had promised enactment for susceptible Nigerians but was present facing questions implicit the whereabouts of funds meant for them.

“This is beyond a bookkeeping scandal. The involution is insultingly small, yet adjacent that tiny magnitude cannot beryllium cl...