Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, to explain how the Federal Government disbursed ₦750 billion to over 10 million Nigerians who reportedly lack mobile phones.
Yilwatda had earlier stated that beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer programme were largely poor and vulnerable citizens without access to phones, television, or social media.
Reacting during his Independence Day address, Atiku demanded clarity on how such individuals were identified, contacted, and paid particularly in conflict-affected areas of Borno and Yobe.
“Professor Yilwatda says many beneficiaries have no phones. So how did your government identify, contact and pay them? If it went into bank accounts, show the transaction records. If officials delivered cash by hand, where are the receipts?” Atiku asked.
He accused the Tinubu administration of worsening Nigeria’s cost-of-living crisis, noting that families were skipping meals, delaying medical care, and borrowing to survive.
Atiku also dismissed President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day declaration of an “age of prosperity,” arguing that speeches cannot substitute for real improvements in household welfare.
“A president may announce a new chapter in a speech. He cannot put food onto a family’s table or money into a worker’s pocket,” Atiku said.
The former Vice President’s remarks underscore growing opposition criticism of the government’s economic policies and its handling of social welfare programmes.
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