Talk is cheap – Bwala counters Atiku over hunger claim

By John Ogunsemore

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala said former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s claim that widespread hunger in Nigeria may spark a revolution is not backed by evidence on the ground.

Bwala made the assertion as a guest on ‘Abuja Brief’, a TVC programme.

He said it was normal for the opposition to attempt to demarket an incumbent government.

However, he maintained that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not make a valid point.

The presidential aide said, “The most fundamental thing is the issues he has raised. Does he have a valid point?

“He, Atiku, does not because the data suggests otherwise. And the opposition, what do you expect them to do other than to try and demarket government in order to create the buzz around what they think?

‎”What do you expect him to say other than to try and demarket the government. He said we are creating hunger, is he blind or doesn’t he hear the fact of the progress we have made?

‎‎”For example, he has not been able to contextualise the fact that we have increased foreign reserve. We have increased net export. We have created a system that has stabilised the economy. He won’t talk about that.

“He won’t talk about the caesarian section we have provided in all the hospitals in Nigeria and how people don’t have to suffer. He won’t talk about that.

‎”He should also speak about the fundamentals we have set in place. Talk is cheap, so whenever somebody says what this person is saying is wrong, ask him to contextualise because you can’t.”