Former President Muhamamdu Buahri’s reckless policies are responsible for the economic hardship ravaing the country, Senator Adams Oshiomhole has said.
Senator Oshiomhole (Edo APC) revealed this when he appeared as a guest on the Channels Television on Sunday.
He said he had to protest some of the policies he said were meant to dehumanise the population that is already in pain.
He said, “My first loyalty is to Nigeria. At some point, before the last President left office, I lamented loudly what I saw as reckless policies that were designed to dehumanise the population that was already in pain.
“I felt that it was not what the then president promised. I dissociated myself from those policies and I’m happy that I was not the only one.
“There were governors who approached the court to denounce some of those policies. It is the long-term consequences of those policies that we are still grappling with now.”
Oshiomhole, who is a former Governor of Edo State, absolved President Bola Tinubu of responsibility for whatever decisions the previous government made.
“Yes, it is our party platform. Like Tinubu also said, he was not a minister or adviser. He never took a contract in that government and he cannot be held responsible for what the government did right or wrong,” he said.
“I can’t join other Nigerians criticising Tinubu on the current economic hardship, and I am not saying he is a saint free from wrongdoing, but in this current economic situation, President Tinubu is not to be blamed. I will also speak if I see any wrong economic policy of the Tinubu administration in the future,” he said.