Atiku Is Not Coming To Chop Government Money — Atiku’s Wife Shades Tinubu Govt

Wife of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Titi Abubakar, has shaded the Bola Tinubu administration, saying her husband Atiku Abubakar is not coming to chop government money but to give back to Nigerians.

Titi said this on Thursday at an ADC All Support Groups Town Hall Meeting in Abuja themed ‘Together We Can Build the Nigeria We Desire’, while asking Nigerian youths to make her husband their choice in the 2027 presidential election.

“Atiku is a man of honour, a man of his word. Atiku is not coming to chop government money. Atiku wants to give back to you people. Atiku wants you people to know what it is all about the government,” she said.

She described the former vice president as a sellable material, an experienced politician and philanthropist who would not need to learn on the job if elected.

“Atiku is a sellable material. That is why I am so proud of my husband. Atiku is a philanthropist. Atiku has done it before. Atiku is not going to learn on the job. And Atiku is not a novice,” she added.

Titi launched a broad attack on the state of governance in the country, claiming that under Tinubu, the constitution and rule of law had been undermined while the economy was struggling.

“Now, today, we have no constitution. We have no rule of law. Nothing is working. Our economy is in shambles,” she said.

“Right from 2023 up to date, there is no budget in Nigeria. And I wonder how people are living. I wonder how people are eating,” she added, saying she wonders how Nigerians are surviving.

She said Atiku was prepared to reverse the situation and restore confidence in governance.

“Atiku wants to put things right. We want to be like other nations, but here and now we don’t have anything at all. We are not proud of ourselves,” she said.

On 2027, Titi charged youths to take ownership of the political process, describing them as the party’s “foot soldiers” and urging them to translate their support into grassroots mobilisation and protection of votes at polling units.

She said although Atiku has promised to serve only one term if elected, his performance in office would make Nigerians want him to continue.

“By the grace of God, when Atiku comes to this saddle, people will yearn that Atiku should continue and do a second term,” she said.

“By then, he would have tutored his deputy; maybe the deputy will take over from him,” she added.

She disclosed that Atiku has pledged 40 per cent of government appointments for youths and women if he wins.

She also warned youths against vote-buying: “ADC doesn’t have that money to give you. Don’t be a sellout. Because these people, they have all our money in their kitties. Don’t allow them to come and give you money and you sell your conscience. If you sell your vote, you are selling the vote of your generation yet unborn.”

Daily Trust reports that Titi Abubakar’s intervention adds a new dimension to the unfolding 2027 presidential contest, with wives of leading contenders increasingly stepping into the campaign arena.

The development became particularly noticeable this week when First Lady Oluremi Tinubu appealed to voters in the South-East to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bid for a second term during an official engagement in Owerri, Imo State, where she was distributing empowerment items to women.