Atiku to Tinubu: N70,000 allowance won’t end hardship

By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA – Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the Federal Government’s N70,000 monthly transport allowance for public service workers as an inadequate response to the rising cost of living, saying it cannot address the hardship facing millions of Nigerians.
Atiku said the allowance, scheduled to begin in November, was a desperate attempt to contain public anger over the economic crisis, arguing that the government’s policies had made virtually every aspect of daily life unaffordable.
In a statement on Wednesday by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidentia...