Renowned Nigerian lawyer Mike Ozekhome has likened the current economic state of the country under President Bola Tinubu’s administration to a “resurgence of poverty.”
Ozekhome made this statement while expressing his dismay over the current situation during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday. He emphasized that the level of poverty in Nigeria is currently at an all-time high.
He said, “This is not renewed hope but renewed poverty, though we have been having poverty before but it’s now renewed on a higher scale.
“Going back to the drawing board, this government should try to rethink outside the box, bring about new innovations.
“Look at what is going on in Argentina and other countries, this government should not think that the mere removal of subsidy was a magical wand we were looking for, I knew it would not work.
“Hunger does not have colour, a hungry man is an angry man and that is why these continued demonstrations are coming up from Ibadan to Osogbo; from Kano to Owerri, and you are saying these are sponsored?
“When the house is on fire, the blind will know because they will fill it; the lame will know because he will hear about it, the dumb will know because they will feel the heat. Let’s not pretend it has never been this bad.”
His statement aligns with the widespread protests against the deteriorating economic situation, which were triggered by the Tinubu-led government’s choice to remove fuel subsidies and consolidate the nation’s foreign exchange market.
