Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu has dismissed opposition claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has failed to improve the lives of Nigerians, describing the campaign as propaganda.
Aliyu spoke on Sunday at a one-day national symposium organised by the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) in Jos, Plateau State. The symposium was themed, “Enhanced Political Participation and Social Justice as a Panacea for Unity and Development in Nigeria.”
The governor said the impact of the Tinubu administration was evident in various government interventions, particularly those targeting food security and vulnerable Nigerians.
“If you don’t see Tinubu’s impact on Nigerians, you’re not in Nigeria,” Aliyu said, while urging Nigerians to assess the administration based on its interventions and documented achievements.
He cited the distribution of free fertiliser and other forms of assistance to poor and vulnerable citizens as evidence of the Federal Government’s efforts to cushion economic hardship.
According to him, the administration’s interventions had been documented and made available to relevant authorities.
“All what President Tinubu has done is available and visible. Nigerians would see them,” the governor said.
Aliyu also urged Nigerians to support Tinubu’s re-election bid, expressing confidence that the President would not disappoint the country.
The symposium was attended by Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, Kano State Governor Kabir Yusuf, Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi and Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, among other dignitaries.
The governor’s position, however, contrasts sharply with that of opposition figures who have continued to criticise the Tinubu administration’s economic policies.
Recently, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, rejected the Federal Government’s defence of its economic record, describing the position of the Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, as “a desperate exercise in revisionism.”
In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku argued that the administration’s claims on public debt, fuel subsidy removal, debt servicing and workers’ welfare were contradicted by publicly available data.
The former Vice-President also criticised claims that savings from fuel subsidy removal were being used to offset liabilities inherited from previous administrations, describing the explanation as misleading.
While the opposition maintains that Nigerians are bearing the consequences of the administration’s economic policies, Governor Aliyu insists that Federal Government interventions in food security and support for vulnerable citizens demonstrate the positive impact of Tinubu’s policies.
