Independence Day: Atiku vows to make life affordable, faults Tinubu’s prosperity claim

African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to ease the cost of living if elected president in 2027, saying many Nigerians are still struggling despite President Bola Tinubu’s claim that the country has entered an age of prosperity.
Atiku made the promise in his State of the Nation address on Thursday to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary, arguing that economic progress means little to families who can no longer afford basic necessities.
He said a slowdown in inflation would not automatically restore the purchasing power Nigerians had lost as the prices of essential goods and services continued to rise.
To illustrate the pressure ...