Tinubu ‘Forces’ Nigerian Youth To Sell Kidneys, Abandon Careers – Atiku

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu of forcing Nigerian youths into selling their kidneys due to a lack of jobs and the general hardship in the country.

According to Atiku, in a statement shared on X on Friday, the growing number of young Nigerians selling their kidneys is a result of the rising cost of living under the Tinubu administration.

Atiku listed food, transport, rent, school fees, medicine and electricity as items that have become increasingly unaffordable for ordinary Nigerians.

He said the rising cost of essential goods and services was a result of the economic policies of the Tinubu administration.

“In Tinubu’s Nigeria, almost everything required to live with dignity is becoming more expensive by the day: food, transport, rent, school fees, medicine and electricity,” he said.

“Yet young Nigerians are reportedly being driven to sell their kidneys for as little as N1.7 million. That should break the heart of a nation.”

The presidential candidate also expressed concern about the troubling trend, adding that young Nigerians should be focused on building their futures rather than considering the sale of their body organs as a means of survival.

“Young Nigerians should be building careers, starting businesses, raising families and pursuing their dreams, not calculating how much parts of their bodies can fetch simply to stay alive,” Atiku said.

“When young Nigerians begin to see their kidneys as emergency savings, we are no longer talking about ordinary economic hardship. We are talking about desperation at its most frightening.”

The former vice president acknowledged that Nigeria already has laws prohibiting commercial organ sales and organ trafficking, but argued that “laws alone cannot cure the poverty and desperation that make vulnerable young people easy prey for criminal networks.”

He called for economic reforms with “a human face,” including affordable food, cheaper transportation, accessible healthcare, decent jobs and “renewed hope for the next generation.”

The former vice president stated, “Tinubu made Nigeria expensive. I will make Nigeria affordable again.”

Atiku’s remarks come amid a spate of reports about organ trafficking in parts of the country in recent weeks.