Nigerian government at all tiers have been asked to prioritise the general well-being of the citizens and come up with clear- cut policies that would reduce the increasing sufferings of the people.
The House of Representatives candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abeokuta South federal constituency in the 2023 elections, Chief Toyin Amuzu, TA, said the worsening state of affairs of the nation in the last one year on the watch of All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled Federal Government is the most challenging era since the return of democracy in 1999.
Chief Amuzu explained that the current rising insecurity, excruciating poverty, economic hardship and general despondency have necessitated the uneviable phenomenon of citizens, especially the youths, fleeing the country in droves in search of greener pastures elsewhere in Europe, America and Asia, lamenting that Nigerians are greatly agonising and suffering.
He however urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Dapo Abiodun and all political office holders in Ogun State to use the occasion of their one year in office to have a deep reflection on the state of the nation and take critical look at their policies and present a clear economic roadmap which will enhance the welfare of the Nigerian people.
Chief Amuzu who praised Nigerians for their steadfastness, urged the people not to allow the failures of the APC administration to make them lose hope in Democracy and the Nation.
He said, “the pains of the people are heightened by the not well thought-out twin anti-people policies of removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the Naira without due consideration for the citizens’ welfare and security”.
According to him, “our people now find it so hard to eat three square meal while the naira has greatly lost its value. Transport fare has gone up with the increase in the hike of fuel, insecurity has worsened and it seems like, inflicting pain and misery on Nigerians remains the policy thrust of successive APC administrations.”
“As if these were not enough, the APC administration continues in its anti-people policies in the arbitrary hike in electricity tariff and imposition of multiple taxes on the already impoverished Nigerians with no corresponding tangible development directed towards the welfare of the people”.
“The consequences of these ill-thought and ill-implemented policies without any cushioning measures to mitigate the resultant rising cost and associated hardship on the masses have driven many into early death and extreme poverty”, Chief Amuzu stated.
The Egba born Chief, said “there has been massive loss of jobs and businesses with its attendant socio-economic dislocation and uncertainty and this is compounded by the over 37% unemployment rate, inflation rate of over 33% and over 200% devaluation of the Naira in the last one year”.
Chief Amuzu who lamented the excruciating hardships the people now go through said “it was not surprising that Nigerians have completely lost hope in the APC administration which has no operable economic plan to navigate our country out of the present despair”.
