According to Daily Trust, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Engr Babachir Lawal blamed President Bola Tinubu in a recent remark, saying that Tinubu’s inauguration on May 29, 2023, was the catalyst for Nigeria’s downfall. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Lawal linked Tinubu’s decision to eliminate fuel subsidies on the day of his inauguration—a move that plunged the country into an economic crisis—to the fall of the government in an interview with Trust TV’s Daily Politics.
He stated that the policy was implemented before the cabinet was even assembled.
Highlighting the lack of a functioning cabinet to mitigate the policy’s consequences, Lawal criticized Tinubu’s decision-making process.
“After swearing in you embark on the first major policies that are very impactful on the lives of the society. It is like a cowboy, or macho man removing subsidy. At that time, he didn’t have a minister of planning, that should plan the outcome, the consequences to take care.“
“You don’t have a minister of finance who will calculate the impact of this society. You did not even have the federal executive council that will approve that, you have nothing. As at that time, nobody to advise, nobody to break out ‘what if’”.
“So immediately after that inauguration, Nigeria collapsed. It is like a balloon. Nigeria fell down. It deflated completely. Immediately transportation (fare) tripled,” he stated. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
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