By UTHMAN BABA SIRAJDEEN
A Senior Advocate Of Nigeria Barrister Jonanthan Taidi Gunu (SAN) has said that Nigerians are passing through the toughest moment of their lives warning that the leaders should leave up to their responsibility otherwise we should be expecting a revolution.
Hestated that the increasing rates of hunger among the Nigerians populists has taken into a fearful proportion, warning that if adequate measures are not taken to cushion the alarming proportion of poverty and hunger bedeviling the citizens it may lead to unprecedented reactions from Nigerians.
Speaking with Journalists in an interview in Minna, Wednesday, the Senior Advocate said that leaders should in the interest of Nigerians do more to alleviate the increasing hardship being faced by the people, saying that with the current situation in the country people may revolt against the leaders if necessary things are not done to cushion the effect of the suffering.
According to the senior advocates, the removal of subsidies without adequate palliatives to cushion the effect is an absurdity.
” As a matter of fact, with the removal of fuel subsidies our economic situation has become unprecendently harsh.
” You wake up everyday the prices of iterms are on the rise Without comesurate incomes for the citizens
” This is very unacceptable. The goverment itself that withdrew the subsidies doesn’t have plan for the repacursion of that withdrawal.” he declared.
He urged that it is in the interest of the generality of the populace that the leaders should quickly go back to the drawing board to put enhancing measure in place to safeguard the situations from getting out of control.
” They shouldn’t wait until the protest that are now in pockets begin to spread all over the country it will be very uncontrollable for them” he added.
Barrister Jonanthan Taidi then stated that the patience of the people should not be taken for granted noting that the hardship facing the citizens as a result of the removal of subsidies Without any comesurate measures put in place to reduce the unprecedented suffering of the people is unacceptable.
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Executive Chairman, Mariga Local Area.