Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described former vice president, Atiku Abubakar’s suggestion that Nigeria should adopt measures introduced by Argentina’s president Javier Milei as a reflection of a confused mindset.
TMSG in a statement signed by its chairman, Jesutega Onokpasa, said Atiku’s position showed that the former PDP presidential candidate and his handlers did not have a proper understanding of the Argentina situation before and after Milei assumed office in December 2023.
TMSG urged Nigerians to ignore Atiku and continue to trust in President Tinubu’s ability to turn things around in the long run.
“We know that the Argentina President inherited an economy in a worse situation than what President Bola Tinubu met on ground but we wondered what former Vice President Atiku Abubakar found so exciting about Milei’s reforms that he considered worth emulating?
“We however noticed that the former Vice President alluded to a report by Reuters to back his conviction so we consider it necessary to remind him that he has never deemed it necessary to praise President Tinubu on the basis of the constant positive assessment of the Tinubu administration’s policies by the same international media outfit.
“The perennial presidential candidate wants President Tinubu to toe Javier Milei’s path but he pretends not to notice that since he assumed office in December, poverty in Argentina has risen towards 60%-the highest in 20 years-leading to increasing daily protests on the streets after a series of reforms including a 50% devaluation of the peso.
“Is he also aware that President Milei had, on assuming office, said he would introduce what he described as shock therapy that would induce short term pains but long term gains?
“We are surprised that the President of Nigeria, which is recording more favourable numbers than Argentina, is not getting the benefit of the doubt even as he also promised long term benefits after announcing an end to fuel subsidy the day he was sworn into office.
