Going by the current hardship and hunger ravaging Nigerians, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oyigbo Locsl Government Area, Pastor Joe Dappa Opanwa, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is confused about how to tackle Nigeria’s economic and political challenges, especially poverty and insecurity.
Speaking with newsmen in Port-Harcourt recently, on the current hardship, hunger, insecurity and deaths under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, among other states and national issues, Opanwa said Nigeria’s economic and political situation need to be overhauled to bring the expected dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
“This current Nigerian government under the administration of President Bola Tinubu remains a retrogressive one. Most of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands.
“They are serving us the salad of hardship, hunger, corruption, insecurity and deaths”, he said.
Opanwa said “the All Progessives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government promised peace, economic stability, abundant food, creation of jobs for Nigerians and undisputed security, but noted that under its “unwatchful eye”, insecurity, hunger and injustice have grown and Boko Haram, herders onslaught, among other insurgencies have turned large tracts of Northern Nigeria into ‘no man’s land’”.
He continued that, “with the present economic crunche bedevilling Nigeria currently, there is no need for Tinubu to continue in 2027 as the country’s President again”.
The Pastor stated that Nigerians have become increasingly divided as a people because the APC government continues to fake faulty steps in addressing poverty, hardship, hunger, insecurity, injustice and deaths, adding that, “they have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms”.
He urged the federal government to apply consistent policies and programmes targeted at law enforcement operations along with active programmes of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty.

Bethel Toby