Ovation journal writer and outstanding PDP determine, Dele Momodu, has voiced deep concern over the worsening {economic} situations in Nigeria, warning that President Bola Tinubu could also be unaware of the true extent of individuals’s struggling.
Talking on Soni Irabor Dwell, a Information Central programme, monitored by First Information, Momodu painted a bleak image of the nationwide temper, saying hardship and frustration have reached ranges he has by no means seen earlier than.
“In every single place you flip in Nigeria, individuals are crying. I’ve by no means seen this degree of bitterness and I hope the president is taking this criticism in good religion,” Momodu stated.
He questioned whether or not the president is being correctly briefed on the state of affairs, suggesting Tinubu’s view of the nation could also be clouded by political positive aspects—notably the rising variety of defections from opposition events to the APC.
“I hope individuals are telling him the state of affairs of issues on the market as a result of there isn’t a approach he can really feel or comprehend it. He who feels it is aware of it,” Momodu stated.
“So I’m not positive that the president really is aware of what’s going on as a result of if you happen to see all of the governors decamping to your celebration, received’t you suppose you’re the biggest factor that occurred to Nigeria?” he added.
Momodu didn’t cease there. He criticised the continued pattern of political defections, blaming it on a scarcity of respect for the Nigerian structure.
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He argued that politicians who dump the events that introduced them to energy ought to mechanically forfeit their positions.
“However you already know that we’ve thrown our structure to the Atlantic Ocean way back. The structure has been thrown overboard, which is unlucky,” he stated.
“The structure says clearly that if any individual elected on the platform of the celebration decides to decamp, then he must vacate that seat.
“So any man who’s uninterested in his political celebration needs to be able to forfeit the whole lot and take it in good religion.”
He condemned the widespread lack of political precept, describing the present tradition of party-hopping as a farce.
“You can not proceed to reside as if you’re nonetheless in energy. The celebration in energy is the one who has the precise to outline who will characterize them.
“However right now, individuals cross carpet. You possibly can get up with APC, and within the night, you’re within the PDP, then the next morning, you’re again to APC. It’s simply unlucky.”
