“Nigerians, especially the student population, are tired of receiving ‘insufficient food items’ being distributed as palliatives by the Tinubu-led administration, saying only conscientious pragmatic solutions are needed to revamp the country’s economy and save the mass of the people from imminent deaths from starvation” – NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to hesitate to seek help outside his administration and party, if he is overwhelmed by the current socio-economic challenges bedeviling Nigeria.
The national student body noted that it would appear that the president and his team are confused and have no answers to the economic hardship, particularly hunger pummeling Nigerians, stating that the administration should not be ashamed to seek help even from members of the opposition parties in its efforts to find solutions to the nation’s problems.
NANS in a statement signed by the Clerk of the Senate, NANS headquarters, Abdul-Yekinn Odunayo, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at the weekend said that the situation in the country is becoming more precarious and strangulating by the day, hence, the need for the President Tinubu-led government to look for urgent solutions wherever they can be found.
Odunayo further noted that all measures being put in place to mitigate the hardship have been swallowed by the high cost of petroleum products, depreciation in the value of naira and astronomical rise in prices of food items.
The statement added that students across the country have seriously been hit by the economic downturn, stressing that urgent solutions must be provided by the incumbent administration to save the country from the socioeconomic precipice.
The NANS Senate Clerk pointed out that Nigerians, especially the student population, are tired of receiving “insufficient food items” being distributed as palliatives by the Tinubu-led administration, saying only conscientious pragmatic solutions are needed to revamp the country’s economy and save the mass of the people from imminent deaths from starvation.
He urged the president not to limit his searches for answers to Nigeria’s challenges to his cabinet members or members of his party, emphasizing that “nothing is stopping Mr. President from consulting the egg heads in the opposition parties for solutions to the harsh and suffocating economic situation in Nigeria.”
“The economic situation is becoming precarious day by day and it seems the president and his team lack the solutions to the economic challenges confronting the nation and pressing down on the people. As a leader and president who wants the country to move forward and surmount the current situation, he should not hesitate or be mortified to seek help outside of his government and party.
“As a national body of students in the country, we believe there are intelligent and economic gurus who are members of the opposition parties. The president can consult covertly or woo overtly and tap from their fountain of knowledge.
“To say the truth, Nigerians are hungry and angry. Students are not also impervious to the tempest of hardship blowing across the nation. Therefore, we urge Mr President not to only think out of the box, but consult and woo anyone with a magic box, irrespective of his or her political leaning, in order save the country from economic depression.
“If all hands must be on the deck to move Nigeria forward, President Tinubu must find capable hands beyond party affiliation and engage them for the benefit, development, growth and economic prosperity of Nigeria and Nigerians”, the statement surmised.
