Shehu Sani also absolved President Tinubu of any blame for the current economic crisis, arguing that he didn’t deceive Nigerians
By Kehinde Okeowo
Human rights activist and former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has once again accused former President, Muhammadu Buhari of messing up Nigeria’s economy.
He made the accusation on Wednesday, while featuring on popular Channels Television programme, ‘Politics Today’.
According to the former senator who represented Kaduna Central, the Kastina State-born former President is responsible for the current economic hardship in the country.
He argued that some the economic policies that President Bola Tinubu is implementing now, which triggered the economic hardship, should have been addressed by Buhari.
He further alleged that his failure to implement the policies caused the economy to deteriorate.
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Speaking during the interview, Shehu Sani said: “We must be very factual and realistic with ourselves; the problem we find ourselves today, originated, was engineered, fabricated and sustained by the Buhari administration.
“The Buhari administration, institutionally, fundamentally destroyed the Nigerian economy.”
He went on to absolve Tinubu of any blame for the current situation, saying that, having said he would implement the policies he has implemented so far during the campaign, Tinubu did not deceive Nigerians.
“When Tinubu took over, he knew there is not going to be subsidy and to be realistic, he was very frank during his campaign. I am going to remove subsidy and whatever protest that will come out of it I will not back down’ and then people went ahead and voted for him, so he has not deceived Nigerians.
“Now he is in power, we are paying the price for the mistake of the past, for the failure of the past and for what we have refused to do in the past, so this is the reality.” Sani added.