Nigerians Have No Reason To Be Hungry – President Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has come out to tell governors to continue to pay workers in their state employ wage award till negotiations on new minimum wage were concluded.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, Nigerians have no reason to be hungry as the country has the capacity to feed her people and have enough for export, so he has to relieve his people from hunger.

Tinubu added that the student loan programme will commence and there will be unemployment benefits for graduates.

His words, “It is now time for us to address the challenges and make Nigeria an economy of opportunities. We must care for our people; re-orient our people. I do not see why Nigeria cannot feed all students in its schools.

I know what it means for roaming cows to eat crops and the vegetation of our land. I know it is painful. But when we re-orient the herder and make provision for cattle rearing, we can address that.

You are the governors who are to provide us with land. I, as President, I am committed to providing a comprehensive programme that will solve this problem.

I am equally here to partner with you to banish hunger. You are doing the job. And it is necessary for me to support you; it is mandatory as Nigerians. When you read newspapers, some of us are confused about whether to abuse the past or the present or to make excuses for the future.

But that is not in my dictionary. I think action now, re-engineer the finances of our country and steer it on the right path.

The student loan programme will commence. There will be unemployment benefits for our graduates. The social security benefits for the elderly and the vulnerable will commence. We are fine-tuning all of that.

We need to relieve our people of hunger. Let all the sub-nationals start paying wage awards, pending when the minimum wage is increased. I am not giving an order; I am only appealing. NEC should adopt this.”