2027: Lawmaker, lawyers slam Atiku over Tinubu credentials controversy

A member of the House of Representatives and a group of lawyers and policy analysts have criticised Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, over his focus on President Bola Tinubu's US record, academic and National Youth Service Corps credentials.

Atiku Abubakar has also raised concerns over the government's cash transfer programme, questioning the whereabouts of five million households that were missing from the latest figure. According to Atiku's team, the presidency initially claimed that 15 million vulnerable households had been reached, but the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs later stated that only "slightly over 10 million households" had been reached.

Atiku has demanded that the government provide detailed records of the payments, including verified beneficiary households and payment tranches.

The controversy surrounding the cash transfer programme involves conflicting figures on the number of households reached, with some reports suggesting that N600 billion was spent on the programme. Atiku's team has questioned the contradictions in the figures issued by the President and the minister, and has called on the government to explain the discrepancy.

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