You won’t understand teachers’ struggles if you can’t name yours, classmates — Atiku to Tinubu

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised President Bola Tinubu implicit what helium described arsenic the worsening hardship faced by teachers and Nigerian families.

Atiku, successful a connection issued connected Monday by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council, said leaders who could not retrieve their teachers oregon classmates could hardly recognize the challenges confronting teachers.

He said helium inactive remembered the names and faces of his aboriginal teachers successful Jada, whom helium credited with helping to signifier his aboriginal aft helium mislaid his parents astatine a young age.

According to him, teachers are struggling with rising costs of food, transportation, rent and electricity, portion their incomes person failed to support gait with the rising outgo of living.

“It is some revealing and profoundly embarrassing that Bola Tinubu cannot sanction a azygous teacher who stood earlier him oregon a classmate who sat beside him,” Atiku said.

He described teachers arsenic “architects of each nation’s future,” stressing that their payment indispensable spell beyond ceremonial praise connected Teachers’ Day.

Atiku said the authorities could not proceed to observe teachers portion leaving them to look economical hardship th...