The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Tuesday, lamented that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is becoming indifferent, insensitive and unresponsive to the plights of Nigerians.
Adams in an open letter titled
‘President Bola Tinubu, time is going’, also said the present administration
has disappointed Nigerians adding that the citizens can no longer bear the
economic hardship.
He said: “We have no regret
that we were created to inhabit this geographical space in the West African
axis of the African continent.
“We are happy to be here
because I don’t know any country in the world that God has blessed, in terms of
natural and human resources, like Nigeria.
“Obviously, past leaders, since
1960, disappointed Nigerians with the way ‘Nigeria and Nigerians were badly led
and resources selfishly managed’.
“When you came with the
‘Emilokan’ coinage in the build-up to the 2023 elections, many Nigerians were
persuaded that as a democrat exposed to the modern way of governance, you will
perform better than Muhammadu Buhari, a soldier who deepened the poverty levels
of Nigerians and increased insecurity from 2015 to 2023.
“Today, events have proved that
they were wrong. Mr President, to say the truth without minding whose ox is
gored, you have disappointed many Nigerians who thought you were the messiah
they were waiting for.
“The facts are there to speak
for themselves. On May 29, 2023, when you became the Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Forces of Nigerians, the price of a litre of fuel was less than N200.
“Today, it is more than N1000.
As the Minister of Petroleum, I ask you, what type of reform is this? In May
2023, the Naira to a Dollar was less than N740. Today, it is more than N1,600.
“Now, your two right-hand men when you were Governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, Wale Edun (Finance Minister) and Yemi Cardoso (CBN Governor) are in charge of the economy.
“What exactly are the fiscal,
economic and financial briefings they give you daily to convince you that they
know what they are doing in those two offices?
“When Buhari left on May 29,
2023, many Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief that insecurity would soon become
history.
“Pitiably today, from the North
to the South, East to the West, the rate at which Nigerians are being abducted
and some killed, even after ransom was paid, it was as if these blood-thirsty
maniacs have just been unleashed on Nigerians from the hottest part of hell.
“As the Commander-in-Chief, the
rising spate of insecurity across the country has put to question the kind of
briefings you get daily, especially, from the Inspector-General of Police, IGP
Kayode Egbetokun, the Chief of Army Staff, General Taoreed Lagbaja, and other
Security Chiefs on their modus operandi to send these killers to where they
belong?
“In August, many Nigerians came
out to express their frustration on the way you are governing them.
Today, some of those arrested
have been charged with treason.
“In the comity of nations, who
does that? Is that the way governments are overthrown, with placards?
“Human rights activists are
being harassed by security agents daily and Civil Society Organisations, CSOs,
have become soft targets of sycophants who speak sweet words to your ears for
selfish reasons.
“Many Nigerians know the
‘radical’ role you played when you were Governor, and even after 2007 when you
galvanised and mobilised them to challenge the status quo at the national
level.
“Now that you are in government, protest has suddenly become a criminal offence. God is indeed great. The plain truth is that the recent fuel price increase by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, an agency which is under your office as the Petroleum Minister, is an attack on Nigerians.
“Obviously, your administration
is becoming indifferent, insensitive and unresponsive to the plights of
millions of Nigerians who can no longer meet their daily needs.
“This is a brutal assault on
the sensibility of Nigerians. I think you and your party should be sensitive to
the plights of Nigerians.
“Mr President, don’t you think
the wicked and draconian increase in fuel price, especially, at this time that
Nigerians have been pushed to the wall, is a huge recipe for crisis? Nigerians
can no longer bear this economic hardship any longer.”
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