Buhari, not Tinubu responsible for the current economic situation - Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central lawmaker, has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic hardship, claiming that he destroyed Nigeria’s economy.

Sani said this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.

He said some of the policies President Bola Tinubu is implementing now, which triggered the hardship, should have been implemented by Buhari.

The senator said in failing to implement these necessary policies, Buhari allowed the economy to deteriorate.

Sani said, “The Buhari administration, institutionally, fundamentally destroyed the Nigerian economy”.

Sani absolved Tinubu of blame for the state of the economy, noting that Tinubu did not deceive Nigerians, as he has carried out plans he said he would during his campaign.

He said, “When Tinubu took over, he [knew] there [was] not going to be subsidy and to be realistic, he was very frank during his campaign. I am going to remove subsidy and whatever protest that will come out of it I will not back down and then people went ahead and voted for him, so he has not deceived Nigerians.

“Now he is in power, we are paying the price for the mistake of the past, for the failure of the past and for what we have refused to do in the past, so this is the reality,” he said.

Recall that some Nigerians have taken to the streets in protest of the economic hardship brought about by some of Tinubu’s policies, especially the petrol subsidy removal and unifying of forex rate.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) also joined the protest nationwide on Tuesday.

Sani said though, that the NLC has the right to protest, adding that the general public should be more worried by the protests that may be done by more unorganized groups.