By Abiola Olawale
Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) and legal giant, Chief Afe Babalola(SAN) has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s style of governance.
The Legal icon stated that Tinubu is only prioritizing palliatives as a means of solving Nigeria’s problems rather than putting in place sustainable policies.
According to Babalola, the rolling out of palliatives would only make Nigerians poorer and not address any real issue.
Babalola made the point when he spoke at his university in Ado-Ekiti. Addressing the Prestige Sisters League who visited the campus, Afe Babalola said: “Those who are complaining about hunger are doing so sincerely. They are hungry. A hungry man can go to any length to show his anger. We do not need anybody to tell us about hunger in the country. The protest was genuine and the government should listen to them.
“The duty of government is the welfare of the people. The problem we have now is that people cannot move freely. They have abandoned the farms.
“People are being killed in their farms and everybody wants to stay where they are safe. It is because the government has failed in this regard that we have hunger.
“It is wrong for the government to be sharing garri, beans and rice as palliatives. They are turning the people into beggars. The government that is giving the people rice and beans is leading us to poverty.
“The government is discouraging people from working, whereas, the government must provide the people enabling environment for people to work and feed themselves.”
