What do you think is the government's responsibility to ordinary people during tough economic times?

Today, the Nigerian people are delivering their verdict.” Atiku said the administration could no longer hide behind manipulated statistics, propaganda and exaggerated claims about its CNG programme while Nigerians continued to pay unbearable prices for petrol and transportation. “Nigerians do not eat GDP figures. A mother cannot take FAAC allocations to the market. A worker cannot fuel his vehicle with presidential promises. Any economic reform that does not improve the lives of the people has failed. “That is where Atiku is fundamentally different. Tinubu believes in imposing higher taxes, withdrawing every form of protection and exposing citizens to the full force of an economic crisis his government helped to create. I believe that government has a duty to protect its people, strengthen domestic production and shield vulnerable families from devastating economic shocks,” he said.