The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume has expressed worries over the growing hardship in the land.
According to the lawmaker, President Bola Tinubu is not aware that Nigerians are hungry and angry.
Ndume, speaking with journalists at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Wednesday, said; “Mr. President is not in the picture of what is happening outside the villa. He has been fenced off and caged. So many of us won’t go through the backdoor to engage him.”
“Now, they have stopped him from talking and he doesn’t have public affairs managers, except that his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who writes press statements.”
“Nigerians are getting very, very angry. The government is not doing anything about the food scarcity and it needs to do something urgently. We don’t have food reserve.”
“There is unavailability of food. Food crisis is the worst crisis that any nation can encounter. If we add that to security crisis, it will be severe.”
“The president should wake up, it seems he isn’t in the picture of what is happening because he has been caged off.”
“He has been fenced off by plutocrats. He should open his doors and meet those who will tell him the truth. Unfortunately, the people who will tell him the truth won’t struggle to meet him.”
“I am very worried not only for the president himself, but myself.”
For those who don’t know, Senator Ndume had on Tuesday co-sponsored a motion moved by Chairman, Committee on Senate Services, Senator Sunday Karimi, titled, “Urgent Need to address food insecurity and market exploitation of consumables in Nigeria.”
