You are real definition of economic ignorance, Atiku replies Tinubu

Daily Trust | 21-08-2026 04:35pm |

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has responded to President Bola Tinubu's criticism of his proposed petroleum-sector intervention, accusing the President of economic ignorance. Tinubu had described Atiku's promise to restore fuel subsidy as a demonstration of serious ignorance on governance and the economy. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described Tinubu's remark as the insolent sermon of a failed economic experimenter who mistakes Nigerians' capacity to endure suffering for evidence that his policies are working.

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