Nigeria, April 1 -- A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted the National Assembly for approving President Bola Tinubu's request to obtain two fresh foreign loans totalling $6 billion from the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

Atiku, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said the development showed that the National Assembly, which ought to serve as the voice of Nigerians, had been reduced to a rubber stamp for the presidency.

The loans were separately requested by Mr Tinubu through letters read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Tuesday.

After reading the letters, Mr Akpabio referred them to the Senate Committee on Lo...