May 29: Northern elders lampoons Tinubu as economic crisis persists

  • President Bola Tinubu has come under heavy criticism following the current economic crisis in Nigeria occasioned by his policies
  • The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has expressed disappointment over what they described as a failed government led by Tinubu, noting the hope of Nigerians has turned to hopelessness
  • Ahead of the May 29 event to mark Tinubu’s one year in office, Prof Usman Yusuf, a member of NEF, slammed the president’s economic team, describing them as “tax collectors” rather than “economists”

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Prof Usman Yusuf, a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government’s Renewed Hope Agenda as hopelessness.