A Non-Governmental Organization, Centre for Human and Socio-economic Rights (CHSR) has descried the insensitive and rather disappointing declaration of subsidy removal in the inaugural address of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, May, 29, 2023.
President of CHSR, Comrade Alex Omotehinse in statement made available to Daily Insight Nigeria unequivocally condemns the arrogant manner in which the newly inaugurated president conveyed the plan of his administration to remove subsidy to Nigerians who are already traumatized and dehumanized with the implementation of bad policies by the government of All Progressive Congress (APC).
Comrade Omotehinse considers the way and manner President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced subsidy removal on the first day on the saddle as outrageous, uncaring and disappointing. Such demonstration of insensitivity by a new administration speaks of utter disregard for the citizens whose collective mandate the new President and his political party are laying claim to for legitimacy.
The group is worried that the new administration appears to have displayed its contempt for the collective feelings of Nigerians so soon considering that both the labour movement and cross section of Nigerians have clamoured for people-friendly implementation of the policy so as to avoid unmitigated inflation.
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“CHSR considers it an embarrassment that the new President appears insensitive to the fact that a declarative removal of subsidy in an inaugural address was bound to compound the harrowing hardship citizens are already subjected by the administration of his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari. Nigerians should be disturbed that President Tinubu was not as vehement and declarative with plans to curb corruption and reduce waste associated with flamboyant cost on governance. It thus evident from the pains and anguish Nigerians have been subjected with renewed scarcity and excessive hike in cost of fuel following the reckless declaration of subsidy removal in the inaugural address that new government may end chasing shadow rather than address the immediate challenge of bad governance around corruption, nepotism, insecurity and poverty alleviation” Comrade Omotehinse stressed.”
By Ajibola Adedoye