Nigerian lawmaker, Adams Oshiomhole, has blamed the untold hardship currently facing the country on the “reckless” policies of the Buhari led administration.
Oshiomole while speaking at an interview on Sunday, attempted to indemnify President Tinubu, added that the president should not be made to take responsibility for his predecessor’s actions.
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When asked if the current economic situation was not brought on Nigerians by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), he had this to say:
“My first loyalty is to the Nigerian nation. At some point, before the last president left office, I lamented loudly what I saw as reckless policies that were designed to dehumanise the population that was already in pain,” he said.
“I felt that it is not what the then president promised. I dissociated myself from those policies and I’m happy that I was not the only one.
There were governors who approached the court to denounce some of those policies.
“It is the long term consequences of those policies that we are still grappling with now.”
Speaking further, he said although it was his party that was in power in the last administration, Tinubu was not a member of the cabinet or an adviser.
“Yes, it is our party platform. Like Tinubu also said, he was not a minister or adviser. He never took a contract in that government and he cannot be held responsible.”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed power in May 2023 after Buhari’s two term rule from 2015-2023.
However, the current president always promised to build on his predecessor’s policies during the campaigns.
