“Tinubu weaponizing poverty, we’ve never had it this bad” … Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, Nigerian former Vice President says the President Bola Tinubu administration is weaponizing poverty against Nigerians.

Abubakar spoke on Saturday at a public lecture to mark the 60th birthday anniversary of Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state.

He posited that Kano state was once prosperous with little visible homelessness, lamenting the current rise in street dwellers. “Growing up in the north, the most prosperous city or state was Kano. As soon as I finished secondary school, my first location was Kano state.

I never saw people sleeping outside then. There were no bridges or flyovers,” he said. “I never saw people sleeping outside or outside the shops in Kano state, but recently, I noticed that people were all over the state sleeping under the bridge or on the streets. These people are driven out by poverty and insecurity.

“There is a state agency in Kano responsible for providing support to such people, and they started doing their work to enlighten people and remove people from under the bridges and outside on the streets.

“What happened? They were called to Abuja, and they were told to stop it. That is why I wanted to amend today’s topic to add state weaponisation of poverty.