The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) owe Nigerians explanations on the outcome of the rice pyramids launched by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022.
Debo Ologunagba, PDP’s national publicity secretary, who
spoke in a chat with TheCable on Monday, said the demand for such an
explanation is necessary owing to the biting hunger and the harsh economic
conditions in the country.
Seven people reportedly died last week in a stampede that occurred
during the distribution of 25kg bags of rice by the Nigerian Customs Service
(NCS) in Lagos.
The PDP spokesperson said the deaths were avoidable if the
APC had saturated the markets with the rice launched by the Buhari
administration.
“Last week, the
Nigerian Customs was selling seized rice and seven people died in Lagos. How
did we get to that level? The APC government then, led by former President
Muhammadu Buhari told us there is abundance of rice production in Abuja,”
Ologunagba said.
“The pyramid of rice turns out to be pyramid of lies. They
claimed then that food production was surplus because of the intervention of
the Anchor Borrowers Scheme from the CBN, which again was laden with
corruption.
“If indeed there was abundance of food production as a
result of that intervention, why is there hunger in the land?
“Where is the pyramid
of rice today? The APC owe Nigerians explanation on this at this crucial
period. Billions of naira were expended on the Anchor Borrowers programme but
where is the food?”.
Ologunagba, who urged the government to declare a state of
emergency on hunger, added that President Bola Tinubu’s administration should
address insecurity challenges so that farmers can go to the farm.
“This government should focus on insecurity. If the
environment is secured, people will go to their farms, people will be
encouraged to travel and look for businesses,” he said.
“People are very hungry and that should be the focus of this
government now. This government should as a matter of priority declare a state
of emergency on hunger in the land. If people are hungry, there will be
frustration and despair and anything can happen.”
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