Nigerians Are Justifiably Angry Because They Are Hungry Under President Tinubu – CUPP

The Coalition of United Political Parties has come out to blast President Bola Tinubu for his attitude towards the ongoing protests in the country.

The group recently had its say via its spokesperson, Mark Adebayo, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, rather than Tinubu addressing the nation as President directly and properly, he has chosen to allow his spokesmen and other government officials insult the sensibilities of Nigerians by making provocative statements.

He added that Nigerians are justifiably angry because a lot of them are hungry under his administration.

It read, “In the buildup to the nationwide hunger protests, the President didn’t deem it fit to address Nigerians directly but chose to allow his spokesmen and other government officials to insult the sensibilities of Nigerians by making provocative statements that further escalated the people’s anger.

A responsible and proactive President would have demonstrated leadership weeks ago by directly addressing the nation and giving some concessions that would have staved off or minimized the mass protests.

But he chose to engage in ‘sidon-look’ and ‘I-don’t-care’ attitude towards the whole thing. His woeful leadership style has thrown the whole country into the current bloody crises that have functionally locked down the country’s already sick economy and social life.

The people are justifiably angry because Nigerians are hungry. To worsen the matter, irresponsible statements like they would be feasting while Nigerians protested were being recklessly made by high profile people in the APC government like Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and others.

We hold the Federal Government responsible for all deaths and destruction of properties being witnessed in these nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance.

The government had ample time to forestall this violence but refused to take any meaningful actions to engage Nigerians and resolve the crisis even before it started.

We urge the security agencies to exercise utmost restraints in their encounter with protesters. We equally call on Nigerians to avoid looting and all forms of criminality in the course of these protests. Nothing must be done to undermine our democracy as a nation.”