Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, in what has been called a Sallah tour to Nigerian leaders, visited former President, Muhammadu Buhari, in Daura, Katsina State, on Saturday.

Atiku was one of Buhari's main challengers during the 2019 general elections which was the latter's disastrous second term in office.

According to AbdulRasheed Shehu, the Special Assistant to Atiku on Broadcast Media, the former Vice President was in Daura to pay a courtesy call and offer Sallah homage to Buhari.

The visit is, however, coming few days after Atiku paid sallah homage to former Heads of State, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdusalami Abubakar in Niger State.

Among those who accompanied Atiku on the visit was Aminu Tambuwal, former Sokoto State Governor and the 12th Speaker of the House of Representatives.

SaharaReporters weeks ago reported a series of Atiku's severe criticisms of the President Bola Tinubu's administration.

In one of such, Atiku had called on the Tinubu’s administration to come clean on the issue of fuel subsidy removal.

"Nigerians deserve better than this deception," he had said.

According to Atiku, in 2023 when President Tinubu announced that fuel subsidy had been removed, Nigerian spent N3.6trillion on it.

"President Bola Tinubu, at his inauguration on May 29, 2023, announced the abolishment of the subsidy on PMS, popularly known as fuel," Atiku had said. "Ever since, it has been a bragging right of Tinubu and officials of his administration."

He had added, "I had in my statement reviewing the one year of the Bola Tinubu administration urged the government to come clean on the actual position of the subsidy policy.”

He said in his statement, he urged the government to "...provide clarity on the fuel subsidy regime, including the fiscal commitments and benefits from the fuel subsidy reform and the impact of this on the Federation Accounts”.

"It is curious that since April 2024, fuel queues have mounted at many filling stations across Nigeria, and the infamous ‘black market’ has sprouted in several states. How much PMS is being imported and distributed, and at what cost? What is the implicit subsidy?" he said.

Atiku, therefore, asked, "If the subsidy regime had been characterised by opaqueness, what would we say of a situation where the subsidy is still being paid under the cover without Nigerians in the know?

"Like millions of Nigerians, I was shocked to learn through media reports that the ‘government is still supporting downstream consumption.’

"Now we know that expenditure on fuel subsidy may reach N5.4 trillion in 2024, compared to the N3.6 trillion spent in 2023, the same year that Tinubu claimed to have abolished fuel subsidy.”

"I wish to restate that Nigeria is not working, and what we have had in a little over a year is a cocktail of trial-and-error economic policies. Paying subsidies and lying about it is nothing to brag about. Nigerians deserve better than this deception," he said.

https://saharareporters.com/2024/06/22/atiku-unusual-sallah-homage-visits-ex-president-buhari-katsina-home

Atiku is a very good example of how to eschew politics of hate and bitterness. Stoop to concur seems to be one of his political principles. Personally, I'm impressed with his post-election conduct, despite coming a close 2nd. To think a clown in a very distant 3rd position is still roaming the North claiming he won while his horde of unintelligent followers insult living daylight out of anyone who dares oppose him.

Richtaiwo:

Why not show us the picture of the "visit"? Instead of showing the 2009 Buhari and Atiku picture?

Everything na propaganda for APC.

Alignment/realignment

Cjrane2:


Why not show us the picture of the "visit"? Instead of showing the 2009 Buhari and Atiku picture?

Everything na propaganda for APC.

Pandora gringory obituary will never be president of Nigeria.

Atiku will soon come out to say "fake news" ...

ATIKU and his supporters are real democrats, nothing like bitterness and hate 24/7 in them .

Richtaiwo:
Atiku is a very good example of how to eschew politics of hate and bitterness. Stoop to concur seems to be one of his political principles. Personally, I'm impressed with his post-election conduct, despite coming a close 2nd. To think a clown in a very distant 3rd position is still roaming the North claiming he won while his horde of unintelligent followers insult living daylight out of anyone who dares oppose him.

Yes o abeg leave the distant third people let’s focus on the government of the day jor, how are you coping with the hardship in your area?

yyba:
ATIKU and his supporters are real democrats, nothing like bitterness and hate 24/7 in them .

I agree with you. They’ don’t do things like this

Richtaiwo:
Atiku is a very good example of how to eschew politics of hate and bitterness. Stoop to concur seems to be one of his political principles. Personally, I'm impressed with his post-election conduct, despite coming a close 2nd. To think a clown in a very dis⁷tant 3rd position is still roaming the North claiming he won while his horde of unintelligent followers insult living daylight out of anyone who dares oppose him.

What has he ever "conquered " you just love fantasy

Peter Obi will soon visit Buhari too. He copies whatever Atiku does.

If he like he should visit Muhammed in the grave. Atiku can never be president of Nigeria.
He's one of the problem of Nigeria after tinubu and buhari.