- ..Asks FG to rethink its economic policies.
- Primate Ayodele further noted that Tinubu’s decisions will kill Nigeria’s economy, advising him to listen to advice that can help the country.
Primate Elijah Ayodele, Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, on Thursday chided the federal government of Nigeria for sending trucks of rice to state governments.
In a statement by his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele said that the rice would not get to those that were really suffering.
Recall that the federal government distributed 20 trucks of rice each to the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Mohammed Idris, minster of information, who appealed to state governors to ensure equitable distribution of the rice to those who need it the most, said each state and the FCT had received 20 trucks containing 1,200 bags of 25kg of rice.
Reacting imon Thursday, Ayodele said the development would only lead to more corruption and hardship because governors don’t care about the needy.
He said the governors would rather share the rice with their party members adding that Tinubu’s government was not ready to listen to good advice.
‘’There is no way this will get to the needy, those who are suffering,” he said.
“The Tinubu government isn’t ready to listen to advice. They are not doing what is feasible, Nigerians are hungry and angry, everyone is affected, the president must be careful.
‘’Sending trucks of rice to governors that don’t care about the needs of the people, that don’t share in people’s pains, is tantamount to arbitrary corruption. They will give it to their party members, loyalists and even hoard it.
“Why is this government not listening? The more you bring such, the more the hardship. The truck of rice will only increase hardship and poverty, that’s not the solution.’’
Primate Ayodele warned that Tinubu’s decisions will have a devastating impact on Nigeria’s economy, urging him to heed advice that can rescue the country from economic ruin.
According to the prophet, a better course of action would have been for the president to direct the trucks of rice to be distributed to markets nationwide, where they could be sold to the people at affordable prices.
‘’This is simple mathematics, like God revealed to Pharaoh about famine, God has revealed to prophets the situation of Nigeria, we have said this in 2022 about what Nigeria will experience, it is better the government listens before it kills the economy.
‘’The government should have taken the trucks to markets across the country and sold them at a very subsidized rate to the needy. The impact will be felt more than giving it to state governors,” he added.