By Cheta Enyoghasi
The Nigerian National Publicity Secretary and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast on the nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance in Nigeria.
Eze criticized Tinubu’s shallow approach and argued that Nigerians would have appreciated a clear policy stance on issues like high governance costs, corruption, hunger, unemployment, and insecurity.
He also expressed disappointment with Tinubu’s administration and the APC’s vision.
In a statement released to the media, the party chieftain stated that Nigerians would have preferred to hear the President outline his administration’s policy desire in addressing Nigerians’ real worries, such as the exorbitant costs of running public offices and the lavish lifestyle of government officials.
“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.
“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.”
“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”. He said
