Tinubu defends reforms as Atiku faults economic policies

President Bola Tinubu defended his administration's economic reforms on Tuesday, presenting them as essential for building a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2030, while former Vice President Atiku Abubakar criticized the policies, questioning why Nigerians had to endure years of hardship before the government began promising relief. The exchange highlighted the deepening political divide over the country's economic direction as the 2027 general elections approach. Speaking at the second edition of the Asiwaju Scorecard Series and Policy Roundtable in Abuja, Tinubu, represented by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prof.