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‘Agbado’, ‘Tuo’, ‘fufu’, ‘Amala’, ‘Ofe olugbo’ ‘garri’ Nationwide protests begin today
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The hunger and bad governance protests for the restoration of ‘agbado”Tuo”fufu”Amala”Ofe olugbo’ in various households will mount the centre stage in Nigeria today.
Naijablitznews vividly recalls how President Bola Tinubu promised while campaigning that foodstuffs would be available ‘repete’ if he wins 2023 presidential election.
After more than one year in office all those foodstuffs are now beyond the reach of Nigerians making Nigerians hungry and angry that even ‘garri’ is no longer available.
This food denial and his failed electoral promises has snowballed into a nationwide protest despite pleas by the authorities that it should be shelved for another day.
In the history of Nigeria as an entity, Nigerians have not embarked on hunger demonstration not even in a military regime.
The reality has dawned on them that the only way to drive home their point is to go out and demonstrate their anger over hunger and bad governance.
This singular yet to be achieved demonstration has made federal government to adequately adjust.
Yesterday, Thursday, NELFUND released loans to students, N50K stipend has started flying into the pockets of those who have people in government.
Government also announced invincible N40k per bag of rice that no sane person has seen.
The organisers have marked out routes and mode of operations to protesters and the police is on red alert and even promised to escort protesters.
Politicians now sleep with their eyes wide open as no one can predict the shape of the peaceful demonstration.
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By Gloria Ikibah
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Obasanjo narrates how he escaped becoming drug addict
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how he almost became a drug addict.
He spoke in Abeokuta over the weekend at the second edition of ‘Fly Above The High’ anti-drug campaign conference organised by the Recovery Advocacy Network.
Obasanjo stated that smoking during his youthful age led to chronic coughing and almost became an addiction.
The former President, while lamenting the increase in drug abuse among Nigerians and other West Africans, urged Nigerian students and young people to refrain from abusing psychoactive drugs, saying that they ruin life rather than enhance it.
“If I had persisted, I could have become addicted. Once you get involved, it is difficult to get out.
“There’s nothing drug can do for you except destruction.
“We found out that West Africa has equally been a centre for drug consumption in a very bad way. That was more than 10 years ago, so the situation has since gone worse. And whatever applies to West Africa applies to all other parts of Africa,” Obasanjo said.
He cautioned against stigmatization and urged individuals who are already addicted to psychoactive drugs to get help.
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We saved $20bn after Petrol Subsidy Removal and FX Rate Reforms, Says Finance Minister
Wale Edun, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, says Nigeria has saved $20 billion from petrol subsidy removal and market-based pricing of the foreign exchange rate.
Edun spoke at a ceremony recently held to mark the first 100 days in office of Esther Walso-Jack, head of civil service of the federation, in Abuja.
“An amount of five per cent of GDP is what those two subsidies were costing when there was a subsidy on PMS; when there was petroleum product generally for a long time and when there was a subsidy of foreign exchange. Between them, they were costing five percent of GDP,” he said.
“If you say GDP was on average, let’s say $400 billion. We all know what five percent of that is – $20 billion of funds that could be going into infrastructure, health, social services, education.”
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