Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC-Kogi) has called on Atiku Abubakar to apologise to Nigerians for selling the country’s assets when he was vice-president, rather than seeking to become the next president of the country.
Adeyemi, who represents Kogi West at the National Assembly said this when he interacted with indigenes of Kogi residing in Minna on Tuesday at a forum called ‘Tinubu/Shetiman Renewed Hope 2023’.
He said that the former vice-president should apologise to Nigerians for selling the country’s collective wealth.
“Atiku under his watch as chairman of privatisation sold our collective wealth and that was the origin of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria.
“So, Atiku should first apologise to Nigerians for the way and manner they expended N16 million dollars for power holding and yet we don’t have 24 hours power supply.
“Atiku should explain to us the maladministration of the privatisation exercise they embarked on which of course cumulated into insecurity and the prospect of Nigerian economy today was a result of the exercise by the PDP which was chaired by Atiku Abubakar,” he said.
The Senator, however, called on Nigerians to support the presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima adding that they were both men with great antecedents.
“What Nigeria needs now is a man with great vision so that our foreign reserve will be enhanced, so that we will enjoy the security of lives and property and the country’s economy will move to a higher level,” he said.
He described Tinubu and Shettima as a great combination of rich backgrounds and not coming to steal from Nigerians but to make the country regain its lost glory.
