“Tinubu’s terrible mistakes plunged Nigerians into misery” – Prof. Sagay

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 Tinubu’s “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 hadn’t 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 Party’s (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.