Aderibigbe Laments State Of The Nation, Says Nigeria Bleeds

By Akinwale Kasali

Ambassador  John Adekorede Aderibigbe, the National Chairman, National Agricultural Commodities Projects, NACP, has described Nigeria as a bleeding Country.

He has, therefore, called on the President Bola Tinubu-led Government to rescind policies that are not economically friendly to the citizens.

Aderibigbe, who also doubles as the Country President, Universal Institute of Professional Management,  UIPM, stressed that increase in fuel pump price has further worsened the means of livelihood of hundreds of millions of Nigerians, particularly,  small households in the rural areas, informal sector of the economy, as well as the Agricultural hub.

He queried that the increase in the minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000 has become meaningless, puting into consideration the astronomical rise in the price of fuel, which has metamorphosed into hike in food items, household daily groceries,  health sector, transportation and every facet of life.

The United Nations ECOSOC Special Consultative Status Member added that it is time for the President to put aside politics and address issues that bothers on the realities of its citizenry as the country sits on a keg of gunpowder.

He added that this may lead to the revolt of the masses against his government. That would spell  anarchy.

“If food is no longer at reach of the common man, next is revolution. For the nation not to go the way of Sri Lanka, Greece, Burkina Faso, Mali and the likes, President Tinubu needs to call for National Intervention Schemes, where he would address Government agencies, Ministries and Parastatal Staffs on implementation of policies and how it should be interpreted.

“He needs to put the right peg in the right hole. Policies should not just be made, but needs to see how policies are been implemented. At the moment, nothing is working in the country, and nothing can be identified as his achievements in the last one year.

“The truth needs to be told, the masses are suffering with no hope for a better tomorrow in sight. Interventions are giving to wrong people, it is so bad. This is a time bomb waiting to explode, if President Tinubu doesn’t act fast and retrace his steps and stop this anti people policies, then anarchy looms”.

Proffering a solution, the Peace Ambassador said that no government is run  by itself without the support and inclusivitiveness of key stakeholders in major sectors of the economy.

For example, in the Agricultural Sector, Health, Real Estate and the likes, who are critical stakeholders for decades and are familiar with peculiar issues in the industry, the President Tinubu administration ought to carried them along and give them a sense of belonging, but since he came on board, reverse has been the case.

There is need for this government to engage this stakeholders, certainly, there will be positive wind of change in the economic situation of the country.