{"id":171136,"date":"2025-07-25T11:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:22:01","slug":"tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu should fix economy, not attack opposition \u2013 Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for allegedly poking their nose into the affairs of opposition parties, instead of tackling Nigeria\u2019s worsening economic and security problems.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Ibe, media aide to Atiku, blasted the President and the APC in a statement following Tinubu\u2019s latest mockery of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, during the 14th APC National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The statement alleged that President Tinubu was using government resources and institutions to destabilize opposition parties, describing his actions as a desperate attempt to push Nigeria towards a one-party state.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Tinubu is overly focused on securing re-election in 2027, while neglecting his responsibilities as President and ignoring the daily struggles of ordinary Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Tinubu should first resolve the visible rift between himself and Vice President Kashim Shettima and fix Nigeria\u2019s broken economy before meddling in the affairs of the ADC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is baffling that the presidency is spending scarce public funds to fuel internal divisions in an attempt to weaken alternative political voices,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>It further accused the presidency of being behind tensions between supporters of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi within the opposition coalition, saying the effort had failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fully aware that the supposed disagreements between supporters of Atiku and Peter Obi within the Coalition were deliberately stirred up by the presidency. Sadly for them, that divisive tactic has failed. The cracks have been mended, and the Coalition is now stronger than ever,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku also lambasted Tinubu\u2019s administration as incompetent and out of touch with the real issues affecting Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>According to the opposition leader, the APC-led government was \u201cdirectionless, incompetent, and completely disconnected from the suffering of ordinary Nigerians,\u201d pointing to the rise in insecurity, hunger, and poverty as signs of failure.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the President of using anti-corruption agencies and other state institutions to intimidate and pressure opposition leaders into joining the APC.<\/p>\n<p>The former Vice President, therefore, called on President Tinubu to stop the political distractions and focus on solving Nigeria\u2019s pressing problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for allegedly poking their nose into the affairs of opposition parties, instead of tackling Nigeria\u2019s worsening economic and security problems. Paul Ibe, media aide to Atiku, blasted the President and the APC in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[316,254,945],"class_list":["post-171136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-atiku","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu should fix economy, not attack opposition \u2013 Atiku - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, AP ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu should fix economy, not attack opposition \u2013 Atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, AP ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T10:03:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T11:22:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430056.677527.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu should fix economy, not attack opposition \u2013 Atiku\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T10:03:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T11:22:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku\"},\"wordCount\":376,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430056.677527.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Atiku\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/tinubu-should-fix-economy-not-attack-opposition-atiku\",\"name\":\"Tinubu should fix economy, not attack opposition \u2013 Atiku - 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