Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has voiced grave concern over the simultaneous absence of President Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim shettima, at the nation’s seat of power.
Atiku accused President Tinubu and his Vice of fiddling away on foreign trips while Nigeria drowned in an ocean of overwhelming issues.
He claimed that the two leaders’ simultaneous absences from the country was unprecedented, creating a leadership vacuum and putting the nation in automatic pilot mode.
It would be recalled that the President left Nigeria on Tuesday, April 23, for a two leg foreign trip that took him first, to the Kingdom of the Netherlands on an official visit, from where he proceeded to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Special Meeting of the World Economic Forum WEF, from April 28 to 29, 2024.
One week after the World Economic Forum (WEF), the president has yet to return to the country.
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, is currently on a visit to the United States of America, for the US-Africa Business Summit.
Atiku criticized their simultaneous absence on his verified X handle, asking whether the country was operating automatically and who was in charge of the administration at this crucial juncture when the country is overwhelmed with socioeconomic challenges.
“I have been inundated by reports of the absence of the president and vice president from the country. It is unprecedented that the two leaders will be absent from the country at the same time, especially now that the nation is faced with daunting challenges. The question that readily comes to mind is who is in charge of government at this point, or is it right to assume that we are on autopilot? -AA,” he said.
