- The main opposition party also called for thorough investigations into the incidents to prevent future occurrences.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government for driving Nigerians to desperation.
The party’s position is contained in a statement issued by the PDP spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, on Sunday.
The main opposition party described the recent tragic food stampede deaths as a disturbing reflection of the “alarming level of misery, poverty, hunger, starvation, sense of hopelessness and desperation for survival currently plaguing Nigeria under the overtly insensitive, corrupt and rudderless Tinubu-led APC government.”
The party mourned the loss of about 60 vulnerable citizens, including children, in stampedes in Oyo, Anambra, and the FCT.
According to PDP, the desperate struggle for food stems from widespread hunger caused by the APC administration’s anti-people policies.
“The PDP is devastated that the APC-led administration has wrecked our once thriving economy and pushed millions of Nigerians deeper into abject poverty and hunger,” the statement reads.
“It is heartbreaking that despite our abundant resources, Nigerians are subjected to agonizing life where they die struggling for food.”
“This horrifying situation confirms the APC as a party of ‘political vampires and buccaneers’ who have no regard for human life.”
Ologunagba added: “Our Party insists that any sensitive administration would have introduced intervention programmes to ease suffering and improve welfare.”
The PDP has also demanded an immediate review of the APC administration’s suffocating economic and tax policies, which bring misery and death to Nigerians daily.