A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has described the looting of a government warehouse in Abuja on Sunday as a reflection of the level of hardship that majority of Nigerians are currently battling with.
The lawyer said Abuja residents who looted food items used it to pass a message to President Bola Tinubu about the economic policies of his administration.
Adegboruwa said this during an interview in a television programme on Monday.
The human rights lawyer said that Tinubu and his economic team have an assignment of reviewing the current economic policies to renew the survival of the majority of Nigerians.
He said: “Across all states in Nigeria presently, there is a crisis of survival from the part of the people. So, it is not just this particular occurrence, a truck bearing foodstuff was randomly attacked and looted. I do not support this in any way at all because we must have an environment where we can secure lives and property.
“But it is a reflection of the fact that the economic policies of the present administration are not helping the people of the country and of course, these occurrences showcase the frustration that people are going through.”
“You know what they say that we pray that we don’t get to a position where the low income earners will rise up to be eating the rich. I think there is a message to the president and members of his economic team that there is a need to rejig the system in such a way that will allow for the survival of the majority of our people.”
The president removed the petrol subsidy immediately he assumed the office on May 29, 2023.
Adegboruwa said: “Effect of the fuel subsidy removal has imposed hardship on the people in terms of moving from one end to the other. And of course, factories are closing down, there is high unemployment, cost of living is very high whilst the earning capacity remains the same, or even lower.”
