Inflation: You can’t build $1tn economy by making Nigerians poorer — Atiku tells Tinubu

The statesmanlike campaigner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and erstwhile Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again tackled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu implicit his economical policies.

In a connection by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, on Tuesday, Atiku said Tinubu could not physique a $1 trillion system by making Nigerians poorer.

According to Atiku, contrary to the Tinubu administration’s “statistically improved macroeconomic indicators”, the bulk of Nigerians person faced the unit of utmost poorness implicit the past 3 years.

“You cannot physique a $1 trillion system by making your ain radical poorer.

“That is not however prosperous nations are built. Nigeria indispensable halt behaving similar a loading bay for earthy materials,” Atiku said.

His remark came arsenic Nigeria’s caller ostentation complaint eased to 15.39 per cent successful August 2026, portion earthy worldly exports roseate by 106 per cent, from N1.86 trillion successful the archetypal fractional of 2025 to N3.84 trillion successful the archetypal fractional of 2026, according to information from the National Bureau of Statisti...