Muslim-Muslim Ticket Hasn't Changed Things For The Better, Says Nigeria's Supreme Council For Sharia

“We campaigned and supported this government until it came to power, but we are suffering”

The Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election has sparked a new controversy, according to the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN), which claimed that it has not lived up to expectations.

The group claims that Nigerians' lives have not improved as a result of President Bola Tinubu's adoption of the same faith ticket that helped him win the previous general election.

The decision was made by SCSN President Sheikh Abdur Rasheed Hadiyyatullah in a press conference held in Abuja under the theme “Matters Arising From 2023 Election and Associated Socio-Economic Challenges.”

He claimed that Nigerians had not experienced the benefits of democracy since the President's election, despite the President receiving a tonne of support.

Hadiyyatullah stated that a large number of Nigerians backed the same faith ticket because they saw potential for the nation's development. Nevertheless, he added that nothing has been accomplished for the previous seven months.

He remarked, “The Nigeria of today is too bad. What we are buying at N200 before is N2000 now. We have scarcity of Naira and unemployment is escalating. Nigerians are not enjoying the new government at all. I don't want to go personal but the Sharia Council helped the Muslim-Muslim ticket to be successful. We campaigned and supported this government until it came to power, but we are suffering.

“Some of the Ministers are siphoning and looting the treasury. I don't want to mention any name but we have all seen and read it. Nigerians have been suffering since the last seven months when this government came to power.”