May 25, 2026
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described a United Nations warning that nearly 35 million Nigerians could face acute hunger between June and August 2026 as a devastating global verdict on what he called the catastrophic failure of the President Bola Tinubu administration, declaring that no government with a conscience can preside over such mass suffering and still speak the language of progress.
Atiku, in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said the grim UN projection should shake the conscience of the nation, as it confirms that under the current administration, Nigeria has moved from economic hardship to a full-blown humanitarian emergency.
