Your reforms are monumental regression — Atiku slams Tinubu over lNigeria’s poverty level

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed sedate interest implicit the World Bank’s confirmation that 60 percent of Nigerians are surviving beneath the poorness line.

In a connection by his spokesperson, Pfrank Shaibu, Atiku said it is unfortunate that “over 60 percent of Nigerians are present surviving beneath the poorness line, up from astir 40 percent conscionable a fewer years ago; this is not reform—it is regression connected a monumental scale.”

He noted that Nigeria’s situation is neither accidental nor unavoidable.

“It is the nonstop result of poorly conceived and harshly implemented policies, from the abrupt removal of substance subsidies to the chaotic devaluation of the naira, each executed without capable safeguards for the Nigerian people.

“The consequences of these trial-and-error policies are disposable everywhere: nutrient prices person spiralled retired of control, ostentation has wiped retired incomes, tiny businesses are collapsing, and millions much Nigerians are being pushed into utmost poverty.

“While the Tinubu medication points to abstract macroeconomic indicators, Nigerians are surviving a acold harsher reality—one defined by hunger, uncertainty, and a regular conflict for survival. This is not reform. It is economical daze therapy imposed connected a susceptible population.

“Funnily enough, a authorities that blames others portion failing to shield its citizens from the shocks of a planetary commercialized warfare on...