With the current economic hardship biting harder, former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has noted that Nigerians are suffering as the the current hardship is getting out of hand.
Abubakar disclosed this when he received in audience, the leadership of the Campaign for Democracy and Human Rights led by Abdullahi Jabi, who paid him a birthday visit at his hilltop residence in Minna, the Niger State capital. He also urged the Federal Government to listen to the cries of the people.
According to him, “Everybody is crying about this hardship and it seems to be getting out of control, people cannot afford three square meals, the issue of transportation, the hike in fuel, the hike in school fees for the children and the lack of funds in everybody’s pocket is making life difficult for everybody”.
The former military Head of State, after taking a critical look at the condition of living of Nigerians, concluded that President Bola Tinubu should find a solution to the hunger in the land.
He said, on his part, he will continue to encourage the government to introduce measures to soften the hardship, adding that the federal, state and local governments should see how they can cushion this economic hardship.
Abubakar added that he belongs to a forum that had made recommendations to the Federal Government on the way out of the economic hardship in the land, which giving of palliatives is not the answer to the high prices of food and other items in the country.
According to him, part of the recommendations is the need for the government to flood and saturate the communities with food, buy food and sell it at lesser prices to the people so that people will try to buy some of these food items depending on their pockets and income.
He maintained that they have passed these recommendations to the government with the hope that they will implement them.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Abdullahi Jabi, said that they were in his residence to rejoice with him on the celebration of his birthday and prayed for long life and good health for him.
Jabi solicited the support of the former Nigerian leader for the implementation of some of its programmes especially in the area of mobilisation of Nigerians for active participation in governance.
He drew the attention of their host to the prevailing hunger in the land and urged him to help prevail on the Federal Government to solve the problem.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
