“I’m a Nigerian. I have people working for me privately. I don’t see the level of hunger people are talking about because …”
These were part of the submissions of Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga during an interview on Arise Television yesterday.
He stated so while objecting to the assertion that the level of hunger in the country has reached alarming levels
“I’m a Nigerian. I have people working for me privately. I don’t see the level of hunger people are talking about because I see them, and I keep asking them questions: how are things, how are they adjusting, what are the problems?
“I see them, and I keep asking them questions: how are things, how are they adjusting, what are the problems?”
“Instead, he argued that the current administration led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made great accomplishments, citing example with project execution”.
Other assertions of interest he made in the course of the interview are reproduced:
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“One day I was traveling from Ibadan to Lagos, and Google Maps told me that there’s a go-slow in the approach to Lagos, and I decided to take Ijebu-Ode via Shagamu.
“What struck me most was that I just found myself on a paved road, concrete road. I said, ‘Wow, when was this one built?’” he said.
“I found that our people, I mean, our Ijebu people, have stopped complaining. I said, ‘Oh, no wonder they now have a brand new road that’s not just an asphalt road, a concrete road.’”
“I live in Ajah. Anytime I go to Lagos, and I ask Google Maps to tell me how soon I will get home, Google Maps will tell me one hour, seven minutes. Before, it was two hours, 30 minutes, and the reason for that is that we now have a coastal road that has shortened my travel time.
“Is that not beneficial? What are people talking about really?”
“If you are a parent and you have four children in university, and they’re able to access federal loan, which is interest free, are they not benefiting?
“If you are a civil servant and you can access the credit card, very cheap loan at below interest, it is about seven per cent. Now people can access that loan at single digit. Are they not benefiting as well?”
“We have been pigeonholed into certain assumptions, certain conclusions,” he said amongst other assertions.
Those comments of Mr Bayo Onanuga have been attracting divergent comments of interest.
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