Stop sharing palliatives and tackle insecurity – Afe Babalola tells FG
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Afe Babalola, on Friday, told the federal government to stop distributing palliatives to Nigerians and tackle insecurity bedevilling the country.
Babalola spoke on Thursday when members of the Prestige Sisters League paid him a ‘Thank You’ visit on the ABUAD campus, The Cable reports.
The legal luminary said the recent protest over hunger in the country was from a place of genuine concern.
He lamented the insecurity in the country, adding that people have abandoned their farms for fear of the unknown.
“Those who are complaining about hunger are doing so sincerely. They are hungry. A hungry man can go to any length to show his anger,” he said.
“We do not need anybody to tell us that there is hunger in the country. The protest was genuine and the government should listen to them.
“The duty of the government is the welfare of the people. The problem we have now is that people cannot move freely.
“They have abandoned the farms. People are being killed in their farms and everybody wants to stay where they are safe. It is because the government has failed in this regard that we have hunger.
“It is wrong for the government to be sharing garri, beans and rice as palliatives. They are turning the people into beggars. The government that is giving the people rice and beans is leading us to poverty.
“The government is discouraging people from working, whereas, the government must provide an enabling environment for people to work and feed themselves.”
On the recent calls for constitutional reform, Babalola agreed with the Patriots that a new constitution should be made. He suggests bringing back the 1963 constitution instead of any constitutional conference.
Babalola said Tinubu should bring back the 1963 just like he reintroduced the old national anthem without any conference resolutions.
