Former Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption under former President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Itsey Sagay (SAN), has blamed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the current economic crisis plaguing Nigeria.
The human rights activist and legal luminary, who stated this yesterday in a published interview on the state of the economy, said President Tinubus terrible mistakes in his policies have accounted to why Nigerians are going through hardship, saying the twin pronouncement of removal of fuel subsidy and floating of the naira, among other decisions so far, have led to Nigerians living in misery presently.
Prof. Sagay said: Tinubu started on the wrong footing and acted in a haste on his inauguration day. That is what triggered the hardship Nigerians are going through right now. Saying subsidy is gone was such a hasty statement when he hadnt put up any arrangement, any plan to shore up the economy.
That was the greatest mistake he made so far as the president and it robbed him of the normal enjoyment of one hundred days honeymoon. His decision and how he started has plunged the country into misery.
The foremost scholar and anti-corruption crusader also said the ambition of both the Peoples Democratic Partys (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, almost crumbled the country, accusing them of not being sportsmanlike after the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of last general election.
Sagay noted that both candidates resorted to mundane issues in order to find an avenue to unseat the president.
