‘Stop Behaving Like Father Christmas,’ Atiku Cautions Buhari Over $500k Donation To G/Bissau

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against plans to make some donations to Guinea Bissau.

Buhari had approved US$500,000 electoral kits and number of vehicles to support the conduct of the country’s legislative election.

But Atiku, in a statement by his campaign organisation, wondered why a country whose leaders planned to sell its national assets would be donating money.

“Our response is to ask why a nation that has been officially named as the world headquarters of extreme poverty, will donate her resources to others instead of using them to solve pressing domestic problems.

“This is the same government that is so cash strapped that it has so far borrowed N13tn in three years.

“How prudent is it to go about taking loans from whosoever cares and then turn around to give out the money when your own people are suffering the worst form of poverty?

“We call on the Muhammadu Buhari administration to cut its coat according to its cloth. He should stop donating like Father Christmas. He should attend to the need(s) of Nigerians.”