Coalition knocks Atiku over policy advice to Tinubu

The Proactive Coalition of Nigerians (PROCON) has slammed erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar implicit his caller argumentation proposal to President Bola Tinubu.

Condemning what it described arsenic Atiku’s persistent interference successful Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian process, PROCON said the argumentation proposal is simply a hopeless effort by Atiku to revive his failed statesmanlike ambition.

Atiku, the statesmanlike campaigner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, successful the 2023 election, had successful a caller connection titled, ‘What we would person done differently’, criticised the mode the Federal Government managed the substance subsidy removal, arsenic good arsenic the fiscal and monetary policies of Tinubu’s administration.

The ex-VP outlined a acceptable of policies helium could person pursued if helium were the President, and advised Tinubu get and instrumentality them.

“I anticipation Tinubu and members of his medication are humble capable to get 1 oregon 2 things from our ideas successful the involvement of the Nigerian people.

“We would person planned amended and much robustly: My travel of reforms would person benefited from much capable preparations; much capable diagnostic appraisal of the country’s conditions; much consultations with cardinal stakeholders; and amended ideas for the last destination,” Atiku said successful the statement.

The Presidency had dismissed Atiku’s statement, saying Nigerians would person been worse disconnected if the PDP campaigner had won the 2023 statesmanlike poll.

Responding to the Presidency’s assertion, Atiku claimed that Tinubu did not triumph the election, alleging that the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaigner rigged his mode into office. Atiku insisted helium won the 2023 statesmanlike election.

Weighing successful connected the substance connected Thursday, PROCON, successful a connection by its nationalist president, David Onuh, criticized what it described arsenic Atiku’s ‘outdated ideas’.

PROCON accused Atiku of advocating for subsidy removal without addressing structural issues, and prioritizing profits implicit people.

According to the the coalition, Nigerians rejected Atiku’s enactment benignant successful the 2023 elections due to the fact that his attack to governance is not compatible with nationalist progress.

PROCON urged Atiku to respect the antiauthoritarian process and let the existent authorities to instrumentality its vision.

The connection read, “The prime of Asiwaju implicit Atiku was a corporate effort by Nigeria populace which is evident to the information that Atiku’s marque of enactment was not lone unfit for Nigeria’s contiguous challenges, but it besides carried galore risks of selfish interests implicit the nationalist good.

“Atiku who had antecedently held the second-highest bureau successful this country, had his tenure truthful overmuch near to beryllium desired. It was 1 that spiraled from galore controversies implicit argumentation decisions, and to questionable alliances, making his bequest looking contentious.

“This his blatant attempts to reassert himself into the nationalist dialog with claims that the authorities should follow his manifesto exposes a disconnect betwixt his selfish priorities and the needs of the citizens.

“We are atrocious to archer him that Nigerians moved past his imaginativeness for a reason, and his latest appeals volition not resonate with a nationalist that has already weighed his enactment benignant and recovered it lacking, fto unsocial to beryllium considered.

“Nigeria is evidently amended disconnected without Atiku if 1 of its astir seasoned elders and past presidents ever declined to enactment him astatine immoderate constituent successful time.

“Atiku’s thrust for privatization is simply a risky task which is believed to prioritize profits implicit people. Being known for who helium his, it is evident that our earthy resources would beryllium privatized to Atiku’ himself done proxy means, and others would beryllium successful the hands of his allies, successful a deceitful presumption arsenic a way to ratio and Advancement which would extremity successful nary fruition.

“We each cognize that a merchantability of nationalist resources often concentrates them successful the hands of a fewer fig of people, which disadvantages impact regular Nigerians. Atiku stance connected selling Nigeria’s refineries and different infrastructures would person evidently converted nationalist resources into backstage assets, leaving the populace astatine the disbursal of a afloat backstage manipulation.

“With this cognition that his manifesto and way grounds are heavy focused connected privatization, notably of Nigeria’s refineries and different nationalist assets, the bulk swiftly rejected his Presidential aspiration successful 2023. With this decision, Nigerian unanimously avoided creating a federation that would surely go much divided and resentful.

“Having a person with truthful overmuch obsession with lipid arsenic the instauration of Nigeria system is simply a catastrophic flaw successful immoderate strategy. In an epoch wherever each economies are already diversifying and shifting to sustainable industries, technology, and renewable energy, Atiku’s absorption is 1 which betrays a deficiency of knowing connected the afloat imaginable Nigeria’s system has.

“No 1 is moved by the manipulative governmental tactics by Atiku Abubakar immoderate longer. Nigerians already made it wide astatine the polling units that they don’t hold with his views and ideals, and wouldn’t privation him connected the statesmanlike seat.

“Firmly based connected an antiquated signifier government, it is evident that his strategy is incompatible with the goals of a state aiming for economical innovation, equity, nationalist relevance, and growth. Nigerians nary longer tendency leaders who inactive uphold outdated ideas of powerfulness successful the contiguous changed governmental trajectory. Atiku’s enactment embodies an epoch wherever governmental elites profiting was prioritized implicit the maturation and advancement of nationalist populace.

“The Proactive Coalition of Nigerians is convinced that determination are valid worries that Nigeria mightiness person returned to a people of nepotism and cronyism if Atiku had been elected by Nigerians. With the clime of suspicion surrounding Atiku’s governmental ambitions due to the fact that of his troubled past and dubious ties, helium is to beryllium distrusted alternatively than trusted, and truthful needs to beryllium ignored by Nigerians and the Presidency.

“Understanding these dangers of having a prime of Atiku, Nigerians already made the prudent determination to backmost Tinubu’s presidency successful bid to forestall them. It would person been brutal and detrimental to Nigeria to person a President whose goals are not successful enactment with those of the people, but it’s a blessing that Tinubu is acold much suited to pb the state than Atiku due to the fact that helium possesses the vision, accountability, and sincere dedication successful starring the state close contempt the inherited problems and challenges being faced.

“Now nether Asiwaju leadership, things person changed from however it utilized to be. The president has demonstrated an consciousness of the necessity successful making investments related to Nigeria’s future, 1 which is successful opposition to Atiku’s thought and actions.

“President Tinubu has reflected a imaginativeness which encompassed societal advancement, inclusivity, determination unity, and economical diversification. In a omniscient comparison, portion Tinubu’s ideas basal to payment the contiguous and aboriginal generations, Atiku’s proposals are focused connected short-term advantages that often payment a tiny fig of elites, and not adjacent sustainable for the contiguous generation.

“It is important to enactment that, the 2023 determination Nigerians made was motivated by their tendency for a person who is honest, judge work for his actions, and is dedicated to the improvement of the country. Atiku Abubakar indispensable recognize that Nigerians person already moved connected from his rejected outmoded ideologies and self-serving ambition.

“Hence, demanding that the authorities clasp his level is precise disrespectful of the people’s choice, and helium needs to beryllium down successful Dubai softly till his adjacent regular of Presidential campaign. We are focused connected the future, not the past, and Atiku’s governmental benignant is conscionable obsolete.

“The days of profit-driven governance and self-serving agendas are finished. Nigerians request leaders who are consenting to strive for the communal good, who prioritize the country’s interests earlier their own, and who invited economical diversity. In these hard times, Nigeria needs this dedication to a resilient and egalitarian economy.”