The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeke Eze, has called out President Bola Tinubu over his address to Nigerians amid the nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
The former National Publicity Secretary of the New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) described it as “shallow and grossly out of tune” with the concerns that triggered the nationwide demonstrations.
The APC party chieftain stated that Nigerians would have loved to hear the president address the concerns of the citizens, including the lavish lifestyle of his government.
“The president, in his broadcast, overlooked critical issues constituting a clog and stunting the growth of our country and her people, such as high cost of governance, corruption, judicial rascality, corrupt electoral umpire, hunger, unemployment, harsh impact of fuel subsidy removal, armed banditry and general insecurity, high cost of living and more. So, the broadcast seeks to discredit the substance of the ongoing protests and therefore rings hollow.”
He noted that he is disappointed in the president’s handling of the volatile situation across the country, adding that Tinubu has isolated himself from the mandates of the APC.
Eze said, “I must state that what Tinubu is currently superintending is not the vision of APC that most of us risked our lives to bring to be.
“We never brought APC to visit Nigeria and Nigerians with the level of hunger pervading our nation and warranting citizens to resort to suicide as the last resort to escaping the hardship neither did we bring APC to visit Nigeria and Nigerians with the level of insecurity that has enveloped us to such an extent where it becomes suicidal for farmers to go to their farms for whatever purpose.
“We never envisaged that our common effort to bring APC to salvage Nigeria will be so corrupted by the inordinate ambition of Tinubu to foist himself on the country as president, and on this footing, we owe Nigerians an unreserved apology. Our beloved country has turned to a laughing stock before the international community as most countries now advise their citizens to be wary of traveling to Nigeria.”
Eze raised concerns over Tinubu’s government spending of over N21 billion to build a house for the Vice President amidst thriving hardship, and questioned if the VP was homeless, among many other challenges faced by Nigerians.
