The Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) owe Nigerians explanations on the end result of the rice pyramids launched by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022.
Debo Ologunagba, PDP’s nationwide publicity secretary, who spoke in a chat with TheCable on Monday, stated the demand for such an evidence is important owing to the biting starvation and the cruel financial circumstances within the nation.
Seven folks reportedly died final week in a stampede that occurred in the course of the distribution of 25kg luggage of rice by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Lagos.
The PDP spokesperson stated the deaths had been avoidable if the APC had saturated the markets with the rice launched by the Buhari administration.
“Final week, the Nigerian Customs was promoting seized rice and 7 folks died in Lagos. How did we get to that stage? The APC authorities then, led by former President Muhammadu Buhari advised us there may be abundance of rice manufacturing in Abuja,” Ologunagba stated.
“The pyramid of rice seems to be pyramid of lies. They claimed then that meals manufacturing was surplus due to the intervention of the Anchor Debtors Scheme from the CBN, which once more was laden with corruption.
“If certainly there was abundance of meals manufacturing because of that intervention, why is there starvation within the land?”.
“The place is the pyramid of rice immediately? The APC owe Nigerians clarification on this at this important interval. Billions of naira had been expended on the Anchor Debtors programme however the place is the meals?”.
Ologunagba, who urged the federal government to declare a state of emergency on starvation, added that President Bola Tinubu’s administration ought to tackle insecurity challenges in order that farmers can go to the farm.
“This authorities ought to give attention to insecurity. If the setting is secured, folks will go to their farms, folks might be inspired to journey and search for companies,” he stated.
“Individuals are very hungry and that must be the main target of this authorities now. This authorities ought to as a matter of precedence declare a state of emergency on starvation within the land. If individuals are hungry, there might be frustration and despair and something can occur”.