From:Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Worried by daily skyrocketing prices of food stuffs, a Northern group, Arewa Think Tank has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to query the 36 governors over the food items given to them recently to share to the masses by the federal government.
Some Nigerians have recently protested against hunger in the country, calling on President Tinubu to find lasting solutions to the situation.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Chief Convener, Arewa Think Tank, Muhammad Alhaji Yakubu recalled that “In the last six months, the 36 State governors received N3.4 Trillion. This is just their federal allocation, IGR is not inclusive, what did they do with it? Rice and other food items given to them to share with the masses, where are they?”.
This was even as the group noted that the food scarcity is artificial because economic saboteurs are the ones mopping them up to embarrass the administration of Tinubu.
To this end, the group called on President Tinubu to come down hard on the 36 governors as well as the economic saboteurs as part of measures to ensure food availability in the country.
“We believe that the ongoing food scarcity is artificial because Nigeria is economically far much better than where it was on May 29, 2023. We can see that economic saboteurs are at clandestine work to frustrate and embarrass the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“We are calling on President Tinubu to deal decisively with the enemies of progress against his government and fight corrupt people to a standstill by bringing them to justice. There should be no sacred cow in the fight against corruption.
“We regret to note that the country as of May 29, 2023, had expenditures that were wasteful and unsustainable, and so it is not an easy task for President Tinubu to turn back from that wasteful road without encountering hiccups.
“Nigerians should be happy that bold measures have been taken by President Tinubu and the gains will soon manifest because more palliatives and more succour are coming soon to augment the rising cost of living.”
