These Tinubu Prescriptions ‘ll Land Nigeria In Intensive Care Unit -Bode George

Former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has raised alarm over President Bola Tinubu’s economic prescriptions.

He said applying the prescriptions would land the nation in intensive care unit, a worse situation than the economic problem he is intending to solve.

Speaking during an interview with Arise on Friday, the elder statesman acclaimed Tinubu’s affirmation that he had heard Nigerians in the course of the #Endbadgovernance protests, stating:

“When I heard the comments, the response by the President that he has heard Nigerians, I was happy that he said he has heard Nigerians.

“But the solutions that he has proffered would further land us in an Intensive care unit. He is not giving solutions that are going to be palatable or acceptable to the people of this country.”

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For example, he is uncomfortable with the government’s plan to spend large sums on palliatives, arguing that such measures would not be effective in addressing the needs of Nigeria’s over 200 million citizens.

Instead, he said, the government should focus on long-term solutions, such as providing microcredits to farmers to boost agricultural production.

According to him, the country could see a significant increase in food supply within six to nine months, leading to lower prices through increased competition.

“They need to go back to their drawing board and access. It is better to teach the people how to fish rather than spending all that money buying palliatives. Over 200 million people. How are these palliatives distributed?

“This is a modern world now. It is a digital world. Try and give micro credits to the farmers. Farmers are known and those areas where they do production, in another six to nine months from now, there would be so much production that there would be competition. We’ll lower the prices among the farmers.”

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According to Chief Bode George, there is a widespread acknowledgment, even within the presidency, that something has gone wrong, and a reassessment of strategies is urgently needed.

“So it is the approach now. Everybody has accepted that something has gone wrong including the presidency”, he stated.