Therefore, it is impossible to distinguish Muhammadu Buhari’s administration from the current one, especially in light of the roles that President Tinubu and his candidate—whom he allowed to be included in Buhari’s cabinet—played during that administration.
However, what brought us to where we are today, which significantly is the removal of the petrol subsidy, was mooted during Buhari’s time. But the former president vindicated himself when he told a BBC journalist who asked him why he wouldn’t take the World Bank’s advice.
And he said, no, that though the World Bank’s advice was the right dose to take to address our ailment, he is not convinced that it would solve our problem.
And that’s why the former president left the subsidy issue intact. So, I don’t think Buhari can be blamed for this.
Why didn’t Tinubu first study the situation and then put together a team of his confidants to look at the issue and address it appropriately? But on the contrary, Tinubu, on the day of the inauguration, took the issue hook, line, and sinker without looking at its implications. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
