Nigerian politician and minister of Works, Dave Umahi, asserted that the southeast should refrain from participating in nationwide protests against the escalating cost of living.
Speaking in his Uburu hometown, he emphasized President Tinubu’s efforts in addressing past administrations’ issues through policies.
Umahi highlighted the southeast’s favorable treatment under the Tinubu administration, citing appointments and regional projects, urging against joining protests and deeming the recent NLC protest as unhealthy and unreasonable.
“The present hunger that everybody is talking about, didn’t start today. It’s a build- up to several factors. Before the past administration and present administration, we have been having a build-up of insecurity, we had farmers/herders clashes over several years at a long period.
“At a time, I was the chairman of the NEC committee on resolving farmers/herders clashes. So, I went through several states especially the Northern states settling the farmers/herders clashes and it yielded several fruits.
“That problem dealt a lot of blow to food production. The issue of kidnapping, and the issue of insecurity, prevented farmers from going to their farms because here, we are talking about hunger.
“And so, you expect the administration of President Tinubu to fix all those things within nine months, it’s not possible.”
