Renowned human rights advocate and attorney Deji Adeyanju has stated that even if President Bola Tinubu is given 300 years in office, he will not be able to end Nigeria’s ongoing suffering.
He asserts that the former Lagos State governor is unable to address Nigeria’s present issues.
Adeyanju criticized Nigeria’s economic status, especially under the current government, and called the country an anti-poor people’s nation.
FMT BLOG reports that in a recent interview, Adeyanju expressed his dissatisfaction with the Tinubu administration while also talking about other issues, including the arraignment of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters and the presidential actions of Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar.
“Let the United States of America alone make their country visa-free to Nigerians, and let’s count how many of us will remain. So that is what best describes this nation—a nation where the rich are not paying for doing business, for buying private jets.
“But the poor are taxed to pay triple the price, and now quadruple the price of petrol cannot be said to be a nation for poor people. This nation is anti-poor; by and large, it’s an anti-poor people’s nation, so that is my take. In terms of economics and politics, it does not favor the average Nigerian in any way.
“So, a nation where minors are being arraigned for terrorism for saying, “We are hungry; this is the reason why we are protesting; please, government should help us; government should stop insecurity.
“In response, the government says, ‘Come on, lock them up for 93 days without food, starve them,” and above all, slams them with treasonable felony charges and parades them like common criminals.”
“And this is a nation where police chiefs are hustling to take pictures with bandits in Zamfara. They organize an elaborate ceremony, according to them, to integrate Boko Haram members into society.
Then you arraign minors in the society for terrorism and treasonable felony charges, so our nation is an irony,” Adeyanju mentioned.
“The same Tinubu who just bought a jet is the one you expect to get Nigerians out of hardship? Or is it the Tinubu who proposed a tax bill you’re expecting to reverse his harmful policies? How can things get better under this kind of government? Even if you give Tinubu 300 years, things will never get better” he added.
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