Our reporter/ The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, Peter Obi on Monday said Nigeria, under President Bola Tinubu’s watch, has become one big nation united by hunger and starvation.
“Today, we are one big nation united by hunger and starvation, to the point of dying to make ends meet,” Obi said in a statement shared on his X account on Monday.
Berating the government for wasting resources on expensive renovations, the former Anambra state governor urged Tinubu’s “government to lead the crusade against hunger by investing aggressively in our agricultural sector.”
“Most distressing is that in all our adversity, our leaders have resorted to spending stupendous amounts of resources on wasteful items like ordering expensive renovations of offices and residences that are already in luxurious conditions.
“We have seen our government spend more money on car parks for politicians than for the running of half of our teaching hospitals. In all this, there has been scanty attention to the living conditions of the ordinary people they were elected to care for,” Obi said.
Nigerians in Lagos protested rising food prices on Monday, calling on the government to ameliorate their suffering.
Last week Monday, residents of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, also protested, chanting “Tinubu ole.” Similar protests had been held in Osun, Niger, Kano and Lagos, Mr Tinubu’s home state.
The Nigeria Labour Congress will on the 27th and 28th of this month embark on nationwide protest over the harsh economic realities in the country.
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