Atiku Slams First Lady’s Rice Distribution in the North

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The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the distribution of 100 trucks of rice by Senator Oluremi Tinubu to northerners, stating that food has been turned into a political tool instead of implementing sustainable food security policies to help the nation.

The rice and ₦1.2 billion in cash were distributed on Friday by the First Lady to vulnerable households across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. However, the gesture has been shunned by Atiku, who describes it as the politicization of hardship rather than a genuine response to economic distress.

Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said it was a subtle weaponization of hunger and a political strategy.