Atiku gives reasons why Tinubu’s administration is under performing

•Accuses govt of failures in managing economy

•Says President not prepared for office

By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s under-performance is largely attributable to leadership failures in the management of the economy.

This is as he accused the President of not being prepared for office, stressing that an unprepared leadership always fails to anticipate impending crisis and is always slow to react.

The former Vice President of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007 said these in a statement yesterday by his Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe in Abuja.

Atiku pointedly declared that the failure of leadership by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government is staring every Nigerian in the face as the country’s economic, social, political, and security challenges persist and assume frightening dimensions.

The former Vice President, who noted with sadness that it has become fashionable for every APC-led government to blame others, especially the opposition and external factors for Nigeria’s economic woes, added that President Tinubu is now elevating the blame game to the ‘next level’ as he accuses his own party of lacklustre performance.

The PDP presidential flag bearer in the 2023 general election, in his statement, said, “It has become fashionable for every APC-led government to blame others, especially the opposition and external factors for Nigeria’s economic woes.

“Now, Tinubu is elevating the blame game to the next level as he accuses his own party of lacklustre performance.

“The evidence, however, is overwhelming. Tinubu’s under-performance is largely attributable to leadership failures in the management of the economy.

“The failure of leadership by the APC-led government is staring every Nigerian in the face as the country’s economic, social, political, and security challenges persist and assume frightening dimensions.

“An unprepared leadership such as Bola Tinubu’s fails to anticipate impending crisis and is always slow to react”, he said.

Atiku equally tackled the presidency, accusing it of failing to provide a credible defence of Tinubu’s failures in tackling Nigeria’s economic challenges.

On the other hand, Atiku, the statement said, offered better policy options to Tinubu’s morbid prescriptions.

According to the statement by Atiku, “The Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, failed to provide a credible defence of BolaTinubu’s failures in tackling the economic challenges facing the country.

“In his characteristic manner, he resorts to insults and name-calling.

“He demonstrates ignorance of the happenings around him-as he denies, for example, that Bola Tinubu’s policies are creating excruciating pain and causing despair”, it said.