Onanuga fires back at Atiku, says Tinubu’s reforms are working, ‘Facts, Not Fear’

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
The Presidency on Sunday mounted a robust defence of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, dismissing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of the administration as outdated, misleading and detached from current economic realities.
In a lengthy statement titled, “Facts, Not Fear: A Point-by-Point Response to Atiku Abubakar on Nigeria’s Reform Journey,” Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, accused Atiku of relying on “yesterday’s data” to paint a distorted picture of the country’s economic situation.
He argued that while democracy thrives on disagreement, such disagreements “must be rooted in fa...