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Ransom now item in Nigerians’ budgets – Atiku

Ransom now item in Nigerians’ budgets – Atiku

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Published on 2026-05-28 10:45:02

By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday lamented that ransom payments have become as routine a household expense for Nigerians as school fees and rent. 

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He slammed the President Bola Tinubu administration for celebrating debt statistics while the country bleeds from a security and economic crisis of devastating proportions.

Atiku, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, was responding to recent comments from the Presidency suggesting that Nigeria’s borrowing level compares favourably with some African countries.

According to him, the comparison…

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