By Ishola Oludare The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun Central, Olumide Aderinokun has accused the...
By Ishola Oludare
The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Ogun Central, Olumide Aderinokun has accused the All Progressives
Congress (APC) of turning the nation upside down.
Aderinokun said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC had
left Nigeria in a pathetic situation, saying the country now “finds itself in a
state of emergency with fears that the worst may happen to the economy and
security.”
Aderinokun lamented what he called the huge fall in the
country’s excess crude oil account, the dwindling in the value of the Naira and
sequential attacks by terrorists in the Federal Capital Territory and other
parts of the country.
“Our economy is in a state of jeopardy because the
government has alerted us that they are spending all their revenue on debt
servicing, which simply means we are on a cliff,” Aderinokun told DAILY POST in
a chat.
The senatorial candidate expressed sadness that “the same
government is still saying the account for excess revenue from sale of oil has
shrunk from $35million to $376,000 within a year.”
He said the nation found itself at a stage where the APC
government still tried to earn praise “for driving us to predictable debt
crises with no economic achievement.
“They have turned everything upside down and are trying to
normalise recession.
“The world is suffering from inflation but it does not stop
the government from protecting Nigerians with internal mechanisms, and we
should not have gotten to this place.”
Aderinokun also condemned the ongoing Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU) strike, which has kept students out of school since
February.
The Akinruyiwa of Owu called on the Federal Government to
respond to the lecturers’ demands and take up the issue with seriousness.
He added: “It should not take this long for the government
to call ASUU for dialogue and find a solution to the lecturers’ demands.
“Everyday we see our youths at home while their mates in
private universities are two levels ahead of them. Some are yet to complete
their admission process since last year and we have another batch that wrote
JAMB this year. This is not normal.”
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