The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on
Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not consider Nigerians before
ordering a lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States respectively.
Buhar had on Sunday ordered a total lock down of Abuja, Lagos
and Ogun State in a bid to contain the spread of Coronavirus.
However, Afenifere’s spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin in a chat said Buhari and those around him only care about making money
from oil than the welfare of Nigerians.
He said: “You can’t just shut down states like Lagos and
Abuja as if you are shutting down a ministry. You must consider the people who
are living there, he has been in town for several weeks when COVID-19 started
without one word but he just woke up one night and said you are shutting some
parts of the country in 24 hours.
“He didn’t get in touch with the governor of Lagos who had
shifted the shutdown till Friday; this shows he never got in touch with him.
Buhari is just running Nigeria from Abuja without taking into consideration how
others feel.
“You can see that even in New York the governor told Trump
that he’s the one that can shut down the state but that is not obtainable here
because we run some kind of Federalism and that’s why all these abnormalities
are happening.
Odumakin insisted that Buhari has not added any value to the
fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria.
“Even in the President’s speech, he asked other states to
emulate Lagos instead of asking them to copy from Federal Government. Looking
at his speech, the federal government has not added any value to the fight
against Coronavirus.
“They don’t care about the economy so long as they have
collected their oil receipts, if they are running a productive economy they
won’t behave like this.
“It’s clear that the interest of the masses, economy and
those who depend on daily economy were not put into consideration but for them
oil receipts was more important.”
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