Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says president Bola Tinubu is undisturbed by the hardship in Nigeria.
In a statement on Thursday via X, Atiku described Tinubu as ‘T-pain’ and said the handling of petrol subsidy by his administration caused the current economic crisis in Nigeria.
While T-pain is the stage name of Faheem Najm, a singer in the United States, recently, it has taken a different meaning in Nigeria, with some social media users describing Tinubu as ‘T-pain”due to the current economic hardship Nigerians are facing — hence, ‘T-pain’ is the combination of Tinubu and pain.by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Wednesday.
The hike in petrol price has led to criticism, with the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture saying theA day after the increase, Abubakar said inflation rate will not reduce due to the handling of the petrol subsidy.“The haphazard and disingenuous approach of the current administration to fuel subsidy management has been the reason we are in this current economic crisis in the country,” Abubakar said.
“As things stand, there will be no let up in the escalating inflation rate, which is drowning the material well-being of Nigerians.
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