Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration over what he describes as its lack of transparency and deceitful nature in handling the affairs of the country.
Atiku’s criticism of the government came after Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, admitted that Nigeria will be spending up to N5.4 trillion on oil subsidies in 2024.
The admission of secret subsidy payments which took Nigerians by surprise came after the government had consistently denied that it is still paying subsidy on petrol following a declaration by Tinubu that subsidy was gone in his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023.
