Over 150 million Nigerians can no longer afford their daily meals - President Tinubu told

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opined that the country is fast grinding to a halt under the President Tinubu-led administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as it raised concerns over the prevailing hardship in the country.

The main opposition party in a statement on Monday, August 28 via its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba lamented that Nigeria is on the verge of collapse under the government that is lacking acceptability and followership of citizens; a situation that has created an atmosphere and feeling of absence of governance in the country.

The party also accused the present administration of neglecting the situation and instead angling for war in Niger, while in the last two months, “over 150 million Nigerians can no longer afford their daily meals with families now going to bed on empty stomachs.”

Ologunagba said: “Our Party is alarmed that there is a serious disconnection between the government and the citizens arising from the ill-planned and hasty implementation of policies that have brought excruciating hardship, horrifying insecurity, and a general sense of apprehension that is already threatening the peace, unity and corporate existence of our nation.

“The administration’s lack of ingenuity, tact and sensitivity towards the well-being of Nigerians in the removal of subsidy and floating of the naira inflamed unbearable high cost of living, crippled our national productivity, crashed millions of businesses and sparked massive job loss with attendant escalated poverty, hunger, insecurity and hopelessness across the country.”

PDP said the situation has now snowballed into a dangerous loss of investors’ confidence with international companies exiting our nation and leaving millions of Nigerians stranded in the labour market with a crippling effect on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which are the real drivers of our national economy, Daily Trust reports.

The statement further said the failure of the APC government to decisively act since the abduction of eight corps members who were on their way to Sokoto State for their one-year mandatory national service is another ugly testament to the government’s insensitivity towards the security, safety, and well-being of citizens.

“More disturbing is the recent downing of a Nigerian military aircraft with attendant loss of lives of our brave and gallant military personnel without a corresponding reassuring statement from the APC government.

“Instead of protecting Nigerians, the APC government is desperate to plunge our nation into a needless war in the Niger Republic over a conflict in that nation that does not constitute any threat whatsoever to our national interest.

“Our party is concerned that the general sense of despondency, anxiety, distress, and disconnection in the country, if not urgently addressed, could deteriorate into a serious crisis,” the PDP said.