LP alerts, economy drifting under Tinubu’s lack of effective planning
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Bola Tinubu is gallivanting everywhere, claiming to seek foreign investment without ensuring a good business environment in Nigeria, with rising food prices and general economic downturn as consequences of policy flip-flops and lack of effective planning, the Labour Party (LP) has pointed out.
LP National Publicity Secretary Obiora Ifoh said the President’s party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has no empathy for the suffering masses.
Ifoh was reacting to the latest National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report which put inflation rate at 25.8 per cent in August (17-year high) and 26.72 per cent in September (18-year high) as proof of the directionlessness of the government.
“Like the NBS report rightly captured, our economic foundations have been so weakened that our inflation rate keeps soaring, leading to sluggish economic growth and thus forcing millions of Nigerians into poverty,” he said.
“It is sad that most Nigerians now spend over 80 per cent of their income on food alone; we are not talking about energy costs and out-of-pocket expenses on healthcare.
“This government has not made pretenses about its intentions with regards to funding the lavish lifestyles of those in elective office to the detriment of the suffering people of Nigeria.”
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“How do you explain the N2.1 trillion supplementary budget signed into law by President Bola Tinubu? How much was voted for in healthcare, roads, and infrastructure that will benefit ordinary Nigerians?” Ifoh wondered, per Vanguard.
“What you see is billions to be spent on the renovation of accommodation for elected government officials and the purchase of vehicles.
“Now, more than ever before, the cost of food has risen beyond what ordinary Nigerians can afford. A bag of 50 kg of rice is over N50,000 today, up from N8,000 only a few years ago.
“What it simply means is that the monthly wage of a civil servant cannot buy a bag of rice. Even the cost of garri, yam, potatoes, maize, and other staple foods has skyrocketed beyond the reach of most Nigerian households, with no hope in sight.
“This government lacks basic empathy for the suffering of Nigerians because, while Nigerians are crying out in anguish over the rising cost of living, officials of this administration are busy wasting scarce public funds.
“The Renewed Hope Agenda it claims to be pursuing has since become renewed hopelessness.”
