The National Secretary of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Peter Ameh, has criticised the reforms introduced by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In an interview aired on Arise News Television, he claimed that these reforms have brought untold hardship upon the masses, which President Tinubu has not worked effectively to address.
He pointed out that the Nigerian people are the primary bearers of the burdens and challenges created by the new reforms of the APC government. According to him, this government has disconnected itself from the people, which will significantly affect its ambition to retain power in the 2027 polls.
Peter Ameh revealed that the funds and revenues of this administration are not being purposefully budgeted to meet the pressing needs of the masses. He expressed disgust at the decision to allocate massive amounts of money for purchasing vehicles for government officials while citizens are experiencing severe poverty.
His words: “Look at the lives of the people, look at what the inflation has done to the pocket expenditure of the ordinary masses on the street. Do you know that in those days, people can buy Corolla, which worker can buy Corolla today?, it is over 10 million naira.
“The problem generally is that this Government has been disconnected from the people, you don’t get into government and the first thing you do is spending 150 billion on private jets and over 1 million dollars in buying private cars. We don’t have a budget that is driven by competence and purposeful leadership”.
