How Tinubu Wiped Out The Middle Class In Nigeria — Falana | READ DETAILS
Popular Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has blamed President Bola Tinubu for allegedly deepening poverty and wiping out the middle class in Nigeria with his harsh neoliberal policies.
Falana lamented that a large number of Nigerians can no longer afford three square meal as things have become tougher.
Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, Falana said;
“I have seen the President ask APC governors to ‘wet the ground’ more, but as far as the masses of our people are concerned, things are getting tougher by the day because of the harsh economic crisis in the country, which the president recognise that Nigerians all over the country are complaining that things are getting tougher for them.
“Because of the religious implementation of neoliberal policies by the government, poverty is on the ascendancy. That will require a review of these policies.”
“You cannot be addressing income inequality in a country while handing over the nation’s resources to a few people in the name of privatisation.
“Most Nigerians cannot afford three square meals a day. The middle class has been wiped out by the neoliberal policies of the government.
“The government must go back to the drawing board and review each of these policies, especially those pushed by the IMF and World Bank, in the interest of Nigerians. It is in the interest of the government to review its policies as soon as possible.”
“To eradicate poverty, we must begin by implementing welfare laws,” he said, referring to the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), which was codified under the Social Investment Programme Agency Act in 2023.
