It’s disheartening hearing Tinubu mocking fellow citizens -LP

The leadership of the Labour Party on Tuesday, said it was disappointed by President Bola Tinubu’s consistent appeal for Nigerians to be patient, with the usual excuse of inheriting a near-comatose economy.

The opposition party, however, stated that it was not surprised as any government that ‘unleashed excruciating poverty’ on the masses for over a year will always struggle to come up with innumerable excuses to cover up its inadequacies.

The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.

Ifoh said they found it disheartening that the government cannot even spare a moment to consider the sufferings of Nigerians in the past year of the current administration.

According to him, the show of opulence and humongous money expended on projects such as the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima’s lodge and the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway are insensitive to the average Nigerian.

He said, “It was, to say the least, disheartening to hear Mr. President mock his fellow citizens by saying Nigerians are not the only ones facing poverty. Assuming but not conceding that what he said is true, Nigerians who are at the receiving end of his harsh economic policies don’t need to be reminded about the pain and hunger they have been forced to live with by the very people who put them in that situation in the first place.

“Maybe this administration needs to be reminded that it was elected to reduce if not eliminate poverty, hunger and disease. But what we have seen is an obsession with opulence. We are yet to get over the billions appropriated for the renovation of the President and Vice President’s lodges, now we hear they want new jets to join the Presidential fleet.

“Our schools and health institutions are on their knees, the same government claims it cannot afford to pay public servants a living wage but has enough to make itself comfortable at the expense of the suffering masses.”

He added, “Mr. President, we implore you to uphold the constitution you swore to protect. The constitution says the security and welfare of the populace shall be the primary purpose of the existence of your government. Enough is this mockery.”