Government Has Made More Money But Nigerians Have Become Poorer In The Last Two Years – Dalung

Former Minister for Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung has stated that the government of Bola Tinubu has made Nigerians poorer.

This is as he opened up that the government has made more money than ever before, with the withdrawal of fuel subsidies but this has not translated to any meaningful thing for Nigerians.

According to him, Nigerians have become poorer since President Tinubu came into office as a result of high inflation rates occasioned by government policies such as the floating of the Naira, fuel subsidy removal, as well as the increase in electricity and data tariffs.

Speaking during an interview with Vanguard, the former Minister said the current government seems to have declared war on the people and is only paying lip service to their welfare.

“In the last two years, the country made more money than ever before, with the withdrawal of fuel subsidies. The poverty indices as of today are higher than at any other time in this country. With inflation very high, poverty reduction has become an illusion because Nigerians are dying of starvation and hunger. Even during the civil war, Nigerians did not suffer this much, except maybe in areas where the war affected the people, that is, the impact of the war on the people and their environment. But we are not at war, yet, Nigerians cannot feed themselves. I think the effort of poverty reduction of the government is hypocritical.

“They are just paying lip service that a lot of money is being pumped into the sector while poverty continues to escalate astronomically,” Dalung submitted.

Speaking further, the former Minister said it would be difficult for Tinubu to win the 2027 presidential election because Nigerians are already against him because of his adverse policies and programmes.

“The president has declared war on the Nigerian people with his policies of removal of subsidies without proper alternatives to address the crisis, the floating of the Naira, the increase in electricity and data tariffs etc. All these put together are policies that target the common man. So, the president has declared war against the class of poor people, and winning the election in 2027 is going to take the miracle of God, because it is not the political class now that will be fishing for the poor people, because it is Tinubu versus the poor people of Nigeria.”