Some Nigerians have called out the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to explain how he would source the US$10 billion (approximately N7 trillion) he promised to invest in an Economic Stimulus Fund within his first 100 days in office if elected president in the 2023 general election.
On Tuesday while presenting his economic blueprint at a private sector forum organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industries (LCCI), Atiku made many promises which were also posted on his twitter page.
However, of all the tweets, the one that attracted most comments was that on the US$10 billion fund which he posted as follows: “Within the first 100 days in office, I will create an Economic Stimulus Fund with an initial investment capacity of approximately US$10 billion to prioritize support to MSMEs across all the economic sectors”.
As of Wednesday night, the tweet had attracted over 4,500 comments with most of them being critical of the proposal.
From the responses, it was evident that many Nigerians are no longer in the mood to swallow promises made by politicians hook, line and sinker. They are now going further by demanding to be told in concrete terms how promises would be actualised by the candidates if elected.
Faisal Umar Kaita @FaisalKaita tweeted in response to the US$10 billion economic stimulus plan pledge: “That would be great! The question is how would you raise such funds within 100 days? Selling public assets? How, Sir? How?”
“Where will the $10,000,000 come from? I do not want to hear that it is from crude oil…Tell me you have an alternative route of generating it…”, Mark Lodam @OGLodam tweeted.
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