Professor Usman Yusuf, the former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has expressed surprise that the south-eastern part of the country has stayed quiet despite the worsening economic difficulties facing the nation.
He suggested that the President should purchase food, flood the market, and provide food to the people before it becomes too late.
Yusuf shared these thoughts during an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show program.
There have been protests against the growing hunger in various parts of the country, particularly in the south west and northern regions.
However, Yusuf was taken aback by the peacefulness of the South East amidst these challenges.
He said: “I honestly don’t know why the South East is quiet, uncharacteristically quiet. But the President needs to find out. The North is where I know I live; even my heritage is. The silence in the North is more lethal than anywhere else in the country. And the President needs to listen to that.
“The silence in the North, from the people of the North in spite of the suffering people are going through, is more lethal than people coming out.
“We are going into the month of Ramadan, people are going to pray. We ask the President to buy food, flood the market and feed the people before things get too late.
“The whole country is suffering. There’s hunger in the land. We hope you listen. Don’t listen to your advisers. Bring a whole lot of money for food, don’t wait for the governors.”
