Buhari, not Tinubu responsible for current hardship – Oshiomhole
Senator Adams Oshiomhole, representing Edo North in the Nigerian Senate, has said that the policies of former Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari while in office are responsible for the current economic hardship facing the country.
Incumbent President Bola Tinubu succeeded Buhari in 2023, promising to continue from where the latter stopped.
Speaking on a television programme, Oshiomhole, who was removed unceremoniously as the ruling party’s national chairman during the Buhari-led administration, had heaped the blame on the former leader.
“My first loyalty is to the Nigerian nation. At some point, before the last president left office, I lamented loudly what I saw as reckless policies that were designed to dehumanise the population that was already in pain.
“I felt that it is not what the then president promised. I dissociated myself from those policies and I’m happy that I was not the only one.
“My first loyalty is to the Nigerian nation. At some point, before the last president left office, I lamented loudly what I saw as reckless policies that were designed to dehumanise the population that was already in pain.
“I felt that it is not what the then president promised. I dissociated myself from those policies and I’m happy that I was not the only one.
“There were governors who approached the court to denounce some of those policies.
“It is the long term consequences of those policies that we are still grappling with now.
He also said Tinubu is not liable for Buhari’s government policies even though they are both members of the same party. According to him, Tinubu didn’t partake in the erstwhile administration, be it as a minister or adviser.
