President Bola Tinubu has alleged former vice president Atiku Abubakar of building a university while in office with public funds.
The President spoke at the All Progressives Party (APC) Presidential rally in Port Harcourt organised by the Nyesom Wike-led Rainbow Coalition on Saturday.
Speaking at the event held inside the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium venue of the rally, he said: “Ask him (Atiku) how he built a university while in office as Vice-President, in charge of our economy. Who built the university for him? It’s your money. It’s your effort.”
He also named Atiku as one of those who created the mess Nigeria finds itself today.
He said his administration has been busy clearing the mess and setting the stage for Nigeria’s leap into prosperi
Tinubu who flew into the Rivers State capital yesterday after Friday’s rally in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, said Atiku has no moral integrity to criticise his administration.
“Atiku was one of them,” he said of the alleged brains behind Nigeria’s economic woes.
Atiku, in a swift reaction, last night denied that the university project was commenced during his tenure as vice president.
He said his investment in education predated his swearing in as VP in 1999.
President Tinubu said the progress already recorded by his administration is irreversible.
He expressed gratitude to the people of the state for their contribution to his victory in the 2023 presidential election.
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