Deji Adeyanju, a renowned human rights activist and lawyer, has declared that President Bola Tinubu will be unable to change Nigeria’s continued hardship even if he is granted 300 years in office.
According to him, the former governor of Lagos State has no solutions to Nigeria’s current problems.
Adeyanju labelled Nigeria as an anti-poor people’s nation, criticising the country’s economic situation, particularly under the current leadership.
According to FMT BLOG, Adeyanju stated his discontent with the Tinubu government during a recent interview in which he also discussed other matters, such as the arraignment of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters and the presidential moves of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
When asked about his perception of the current situation in Nigeria, the human rights lawyer said: “This nation, as currently constituted, can be akin to a concentration camp where citizens are forced to stay.
And if you doubt me, if you think that Nigeria is not a concentration camp, let’s run a social experiment.
“Let the United States of America alone make their country visa-free to Nigerians, and let’s count how many of us will remain. So that is what best describes this nation—a nation where the rich are not paying for doing business, for buying private jets.
“But the poor are taxed to pay triple the price, and now quadruple the price of petrol cannot be said to be a nation for poor people. This nation is anti-poor; by and large, it’s an anti-poor people’s nation, so that is my take. In terms of economics and politics, it does not favor the average Nigerian in any way.
“So, a nation where minors are being arraigned for terrorism for saying, “We are hungry; this is the reason why we are protesting; please, government should help us; government should stop insecurity.
“In response, the government says, ‘Come on, lock them up for 93 days without food, starve them,” and above all, slams them with treasonable felony charges and parades them like common criminals.”
“And this is a nation where police chiefs are hustling to take pictures with bandits in Zamfara. They organize an elaborate ceremony, according to them, to integrate Boko Haram members into society.
Then you arraign minors in the society for terrorism and treasonable felony charges, so our nation is an irony,” Adeyanju mentioned.
“The same Tinubu who just bought a jet is the one you expect to get Nigerians out of hardship? Or is it the Tinubu who proposed a tax bill you’re expecting to reverse his harmful policies? How can things get better under this kind of government? Even if you give Tinubu 300 years, things will never get better” he added.
