Mr. Shehu Gabam who is the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has criticized the immediate past government of Muhammadu Buhari blaming it for failing to address Nigeria’s challenges, which led to him bequeathing a comatose economy to President Bola Tinubu.
Africa Today News, New York reports that it has been almost one year since Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) handed over to his party man Tinubu.
However, Gabam is of the firm view that Tinubu inherited a terrible economy from Buhari.
“I have said several times that Buhari’s government is the worst that Nigeria has ever had. It is the consequence that President Bola Tinubu is suffering from because he knew he inherited an economy that has collapsed,” he said on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that after President effected the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira, the cost of living was pushed to new levels.
However, the SDP chieftain has faulted the moves, insisting President Tinubu’s reforms were rushed.
“He knew that he inherited an economy that had collapsed. His responsibility is to find the softer ways to revive the economy, not the harsh way because you cannot revive it in a day. When someone faints, it requires a lot of process to bring him back to life,” Gabam said but maintained that: “He inherited an economy that is in the ICU.”
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Despite the reforms, inflation has reached historic highs, clocking 33.69% in April 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Gabam has accused the handlers of the economy of not doing the right things. But to make things better, he has some advice for the President Tinubu-led administration.
The SDP chairman said, “what you need is strategic thinkers, strategic applications, and strategic implementation. It has nothing to do with rush hour.”
Gabam asked the Tinubu administration to go back to the basis and use the template already in place to revive the economy.