That is the primary authorities within the historical past of Nigeria that can put Nigerians on band A or band C of entry to social infrastructure – Atiku tells Tinubu

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The 2023 Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to ‘follow what it preaches by putting Nigeria first.’

In an announcement by his media aide, Paul Ibe on Sunday, February 2, Atiku stated Tinubu sticks to ‘snatch and seize’ agenda with no plans to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy.

“Late within the night of Saturday, 2 February, the Particular Adviser on Public Communication and one among President Tinubu’s Spokespersons, Mr Sunday Dare posted two feedback on his verified X deal with.

“The primary put up made a case for international locations to tighten their belts on the heels of the announcement from President Trump’s administration to impose tariffs in keeping with his America First agenda, and the opposite put up which got here a lot later the identical night time tried to discredit the actions of political leaders in strengthening democracy and good governance in Nigeria.

“The second put up is a lame try and impugn the credibility of political leaders who search a greater course for Nigeria, and, in so doing, Dare painted an image of what’s to be anticipated in how the Tinubu administration plans to take the following election within the nation as “a fight and a battle” or higher nonetheless the deepening of their infamous “snatch and seize” agenda.

“It subsequently turns into pertinent to inform the Tinubu administration that final week’s gathering of political leaders throughout the nation is aimed toward fostering the ethos of democracy in Nigeria; ensuring that elections in Nigeria are credible and that democracy is the automobile for progress and social justice within the nation.

“We discover it curious that the Tinubu authorities would react to those noble beliefs as “Machiavellian inclinations.”

“If the Tinubu administration might describe opposition in a democracy within the language of the period of Darkish Ages, we discover such behaviour as unbecoming and a stark assault on the collective impression of our hard-won democracy and the basic human rights that it ensures.

“The opposite put up by Dare speaks to the “Tariff Conflict” – by which the Tinubu administration seeks to interpret President Trump’s America First strategy to worldwide commerce.

“To start with, we condemn the careless remarks by the Spokesperson of President Tinubu on a problem that probably impacts Nigeria’s relations with the U.S. and different international locations, together with associate establishments in worldwide commerce.

“That apart, it’s a contradiction in phrases that the Tinubu administration, which got here into energy on the philosophy of self-right to rule, will mock Nigerians on issues of patriotism.

“We urge the Tinubu administration to follow what it preaches by embracing the Nigeria First beliefs in substitute to the self-entitled and different primordial sentiments it panders to.

“Nigeria has gone by means of all types of sophistication, ethnic and non secular divisions for the reason that introduction of the Tinubu administration.

“That is the primary authorities within the historical past of Nigeria that can put Nigerians on Band A or Band C on the cadre of entry to social infrastructure.

“We subsequently urge the Tinubu authorities to unite and heal the nation and desist from making careless remarks about different international locations or the patriotism of the Nigerian individuals.”

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