“Buhari Destroyed Nigeria’s Economy” – Shehu Sani  Says Reason For Current Economic Hardship

By Akinwale Kasali

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has been labeled as the architect of the current economic hardship the nation is facing.

Activist and former Senator, Shehu Sani, said the former President destroyed Nigeria’s economy, and should be held responsible for the current economic hardship in the country.

Speaking on a Channels Television Programme, Sani added that some of the economic policies that President Bola Tinubu is implementing now, which triggered the economic hardship, should have been implemented by Buhari.

He stressed that Buhari failed in all ramifications, as his policies consequently allowed the economy to deteriorate.

“We must be very factual and realistic with ourselves; the problem we find ourselves today, originated, was engineered, fabricated and sustained by the Buhari administration.

“The Buhari administration, institutionally, fundamentally destroyed the Nigerian economy,” he added.

Sani absolved Tinubu for the current situation, and noted that, having said he (Tinubu) would implement the policies, he has implemented so far during the campaign, Tinubu did not deceive Nigerians.

He said, “When Tinubu took over, he knows there is not going to be subsidy and to be realistic, he was very frank during his campaign. I am going to remove subsidy and whatever protest that will come out of it I will not back down’ and then people went ahead and voted for him, so he has not deceived Nigerians.

“Now he is in power, we are paying the price for the mistake of the past, for the failure of the past and for what we have refused to do in the past, so this is the reality,” he said.

Recall that some Nigerians in some States had taken to the streets to protest the situation over the economic hardship occasioned by some of Tinubu’s policies, especially the removal of petrol subsidy and the unification of forex rate.

Addressing the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, protest on Tuesday, Sani said the NLC had the right to protest, and added that the protest to be wary of is not that of the NLC but the one that may be carried out by unorganised civil society.