Atiku unveils 10 purported lies of Tinubu’s administration in 117 days The Special Assistant on Public
Communications to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has
urged Nigerians to be weary of what he described as a deliberate ploy by the
President Bola Tinubu’s administration to use propaganda to deceive citizens.
Shaibu in a statement in Abuja,
on Sunday, said Nigerians shouldn’t be deceived by the apology issued by the
President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale and
others because “they are only sorry they got caught.”
According to him, the President’s
handlers have been caught in at least 10 embarrassing lies which are part of
the orchestrated propaganda siege on Nigerians over a 117 days period.
He further said, “The fact that Tinubu has more media aides
than economic and security advisers is enough to prove that his administration
would rely on propaganda as a state policy.
“My advice to the Nigerian media
is to always fact-check any claim made by this government as this would help
maintain their credibility. If the Tinubu government says it is morning, go
outside to verify if the sun is shining.”
Shaibu further said, “These are
the 10 lies of the Tinubu regime I have compiled so far:
“1. The first lie that was told
by Bola Tinubu was in his inaugural speech, where he stated that petrol subsidy
is gone. With oil prices now at $94 per barrel and naira exchanging at
N1,000/$1, the price of diesel has risen to about N1,000 per litre while petrol
remains at about N620 per litre. It is obvious to the discerning mind that
petrol is now being subsidised, a position which all oil marketers have
espoused. Nigerians should not be deceived. Tinubu’s claim that there is no
subsidy is a lie from the pit of hell, and the fact that they are even hiding
the information means there is no transparency, and the money is probably being
stolen again.
“2. The second lie told by these
charlatans was that the United Arab Emirates had lifted the visa ban on
Nigerians immediately and that all Nigerians were free to visit Dubai. This lie
was well celebrated by many undiscerning Nigerians whose only crime was to
believe the deceptive words of an illegitimate government. UAE authorities
later confirmed to CNN that it was all a lie. What a national embarrassment!
“3. A third lie told by this
deceptive government is that Tinubu was the first African President to ring the
NASDAQ bell. It has since been established that Malawian President, Jakaya
Kikwete, rang the bell on September 21, 2011.
“4. Another lie was a statement issued by
Ajuri Ngelale on August 27, 2023 where US Presidential Envoy and Assistant
Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee, was quoted as
saying, “President Joe Biden is asking to meet with you on the sidelines of
UNGA and you are the only African leader he has requested to meet. It is a mark
of his high regard for your leadership.” Well, this has turned out to be another
embarrassing lie as Tinubu has departed UNGA and never met President Biden.
“5. A fifth lie was a claim made
by Tinubu on the floor of NASDAQ where he stated that “We have retooled the
exchange rate to a reliable, dependable one figure floating of the naira. You
are free to take in your money and bring out your money.” But this is another
lie from the pit of hell. The exchange rate on the I&E Window is about
N780/$1, while the rate at the parallel market is about N1,000/$1. Besides,
foreign airlines still have over $600m funds stuck in Nigeria. Tinubu,
therefore, lied when he said “you are free to take in your money and bring out
your money.”
“6. On August 14, 2023, the
Nigerian government said on its official Twitter handle that the Nigerian Air
Force struck terrorists gathering at Kurebe in Shiroro LGA in Niger State. The
government claimed that the terrorists were neutralised. Well, Premium Times
has now revealed in its latest report that this is nothing but propaganda as
those who were killed were innocent civilians. Is it not tragic that the Bola
Tinubu administration has now infected the military with its lies? Indeed, once
the head of the fish is rotten, the body cannot escape corruption.
“7. As part of Bola Tinubu’s
propaganda programme, the Central Bank of Nigeria said on September 6, 2023
that within two weeks, it would inject $10 billion into the foreign exchange
market to clear the FX backlog. Days after the deadline passed, not a single
cent has been injected into the system as the naira continues its free fall.
The institution that Tinubu’s leadership cannot destroy does not exist.
“8. In his inaugural speech,
Tinubu said, “As your President, I shall serve with prejudice towards none.”
But this has turned out to be another barefaced lie. Tinubu has been running a
government of the clannish, by the clannish and for the clannish, with all key
appointments in every sector going to a section of the country including CBN,
FIRS, customs, army, police, immigration while he himself is the petroleum and
gas minister. Tinubu appointed 10 ministers from the southwest and only five
from the southeast. If this isn’t prejudice, I don’t know what it is.
“9. Last month, the Nigerian
National Petroleum Company Limited claimed they had obtained an Afrexim loan of
$3bn with which it would help stabilise the naira. We raised the alarm that it
was all a ruse to deceive Nigerians. Now, we have been justified as the naira
is now trading at $1/N1,000 on the black market, while Afrexim Bank has refused
to speak on it. This was just audio money.
“10. Perhaps the biggest scam and
deceit of the Tinubu administration was the Student Loan Act, which he signed
on June 12. The new law provides loans for students’ tuition only. It doesn’t
cover any other educational expenses. After the law was signed, all federal
government schools began increasing school fees. But Dele Alake, the Special Adviser on Media as he then was, said
in a statement that tuition in all government schools remains free and that the
only fees that were increased were accommodation, laboratory, library and other
costs. So if tuition is free and the Students Loan Act covers only tuition fee,
that means the Student Loan Act is pointless, and no money will be released. In
essence, Tinubu’s government has prodded government schools to increase fees
while no loans will be given to the students. This is the height of deception
and wickedness.”
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December 02, 2016, 07:01:23 AM