Atiku accuses Tinubu of mortgaging future oil earnings, demands full disclosure

By Omeiza Ajayi
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the President Bola Tinubu administration of mortgaging Nigeria’s crude oil earnings through undisclosed financing arrangements, demanding full disclosure of the terms involved.
His Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said in a statement on Monday that the Presidency’s own defence of its economic record had inadvertently confirmed the concern, rather than dispelled it.
“In attempting to rebut our position, the Presidency inadvertently strengthened it. It admitted that despite higher international crude oil prices, Nigerians cannot fully benefit because substantial volumes of the nation’s cru...