Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, expressed concern about Nigeria’s economic difficulties. He brought up a sad recent incident in which a female banker allegedly killed herself, claiming excruciating financial difficulties.
Atiku spoke through Phrank Shaibu, his Special Assistant on Public Communication, according to a story by The Sun. Atiku highlighted the influence of leadership on the welfare of the people by quoting Proverbs 29, verse 2 of the Bible. He compared the current state of Nigeria to a “quagmire”
In his words: “Just last month, a female banker killed herself inside a banking hall due to economic hardship. Indeed, as it is stated in Proverbs 29, verse 2: When the righteous rule, the people rejoice. But when the wicked rule, the people suffer. That is Nigeria’s current quagmire where life is brutish, short and nasty.
“When the Nigeria Economic Summit Group asked him last year to explain how he would pull out over 128 million Nigerians out of the poverty that his political party, the APC, had plunged them into, Tinubu responded by saying that he would not reveal his strategy because he didn’t want the other candidates to steal his plan”.
