By NETROWATCH
Following the nationwide broadcast to assuage the protesting youths in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged not to henceforth route Edo state palliatives through the state governor, Godwin Obaseki.
The Campaign for Ethics and Good Governance in Benin city commended the plan by Tinubu to provide fertilizers for Nigerian farmers across the country.
Spokesman for the group, Comrade Lucky Efe, told newsmen in Benin city that the previous rice palliatives sent to the Edo state through the governor was hijacked by the leaders of Governors’s party, the PDP.
Efe stated that the discovery of the rice warehouses in some PDP leaders residences was casting doubt about the Obaseki’s sincerity to execute the President’s sincerity of purpose.
“Edo people are not happy with the way Governor Obaseki has transacted the rice that was sent by federal government to Edo state.”
“Governor Obaseki shared the rice that was allocated to Edo state to PDP and did not give to church leaders to share to the public as he promised. He does not have the feelings of the people at heart.”
“During the protest, some youths found their way to the different locations where they were being re-bagged for sale.”
“The protests in the past few days have exposed the criminal acts of the PDP under the leadership of the Obaseki. The hideouts were attacked by hungry citizens.”
“While many people were blaming the Federal Government for the hunger in the land, the protests have further revealed that governors like Obaseki were the real enemy of the people for locking up the rice meant for the people in their various hidden locations .”
“The PDP led state government had embarked on a propaganda that the rice from federal government was being channeled through Christian leaders whereas they were actually given to their political leaders for re-bagging and onward sale to the public.”
“We want to use this opportunity to appeal to President Tinubu to send the fertilizers through other channels because the people have lost confidence in the state government and the PDP.”
“We want to also thank the President for speaking to the conscience of the nation, which are the Nigerian youths. The previous administration cared less about the plight of the people even when the nation was burning.”
“We join the President to appeal to the youths to sheath their swords and give the federal government time to implement the economic policies that have been laid out, which we believe will soon begin to yield positive result.”
The group also condemn the tribalization of protests in Nigeria noting that during the #EndSARS protests of 2020, some Nigerians gave it ethnic interpretation.
