Declare state of emergency on food, Nigerians hungry, angry – Clark to Tinubu

Declare state of emergency on food, Nigerians hungry, angry – Clark to Tinubu

An erstwhile Federal Commissioner for Information and
South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has called on President Bola Tinubu to
quickly declare a state of emergency on food, saying Nigerians are hungry and
angry.

 

Clark made the call on Friday at his Asokoro residence in
Abuja when the President of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (
HOSTCOM) High Chief Benjamin Tamaranebi led a delegation of his team to pay him
a courtesy visit.

 

On the recent protest by Nigerians, the elder statesman said
that the government cannot stop the people from protesting, stressing that it
was their right to protest, just as he said that President Tinubu organised a
protest that lasted some weeks against the then President Goodluck Jonathan
when he removed oil subsidy.

 

According to the leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF,
Tinubu should not be blamed for the removal of fuel subsidy since the budgetary
provision for it ended in June 2023.

 

Clark, however, urged the government to find practical means
of alleviating poverty, adding that fuel subsidy removal was inflicting pain on
Nigerians.

 

“Oil subsidy is a big problem in Nigeria. Oil subsidy is not
confined to Nigeria alone, but everything in Nigeria does not work because of
poor management and poor leadership. True, we all realize later that the oil
subsidy was a scam.

 

“That was why in 2012, during the administration of
Jonathan, in January 2012, his government removed the oil subsidy.

 

“During the 2023 presidential campaign, all the major
parties talked about removal of subsidies. But in 2020 and 2021, President
Buhari, as well as the Minister of Finance, Ahmed, and the Minister of State
Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, announced to Nigerians that there was no longer
subsidy in Nigeria,” the elder statesman said.

Source: Declare state of emergency on food, Nigerians hungry, angry – Clark to Tinubu

 - NigerianEye
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