President Tinubu Silencing Critics With Appointments – Atiku’s Aide Says
The Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has accused President Bola Tinubu of offering appointments to his critics to silence them.
Shaibu, who stated this while reacting to the appointment of Taiwo Oyedele of the Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as chairman of a presidential committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms by President Tinubu, said that the appointment was aimed at stopping him from commenting on the failures of the federal government.
He specifically noted that it was common knowledge that Mr Oyedele was one of the loudest voice as regards tax reforms, stressing that last Saturday, Oyedele pointed out some of the wrong tax policies of the APC-led government.
Shaibu said that Tinubu is copying former President Muhammadu Buhari, who did the same but, never took the counsel of those he appointed.
He further said; “In a bid to silence him, he was appointed chairman of a tax reform committee yesterday (Friday), but no other members were announced. Probably, they want him to work alone.
“Mr Oyedele must not allow himself to be deceived by this appointment. In 2019, President Buhari similarly appointed Doyin Salami, Chukwuma Soludo, and Bismark Rewane into his economic advisory team, but he never took their advice for one day.
“In the end, Nigeria was plunged into one of its worst economic crises ever with an unprecedented debt profile, multidimensional poverty, and never before seen unemployment figures,” he stressed.
