Stampede: It’s Our fault, We Failed To Provide Food To Nigerians – APC Chieftain

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jesutega Onokpasa, has said the stampedes recorded across the country in centers where Christmas palliative rice was shared should be blamed on the government.

Onokpasa regretted that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has failed to meet up with his promise of making food available to all citizens.

In an interview with Channels TV on Tuesday, a strong supporter of President Tinubu, Onokpasa stated that there was need for the government to take action against hunger in the country.

While describing the stampedes recorded in Okija, Ibadan and Maitama as unfortunate, the APC chieftain called on the President to work towards reducing high cost of food items in the country.

“The stampede is most unfortunate. The lives that were lost may they rest in peace. I think the real problem is that we have just failed woefully in producing food for our citizens. When we were campaigning for this administration, the people were calling us Agbadorians. Because our president was always talking about producing food. Unfortunately, we don’t seem to be able to produce the food.

“We just have to accept that’s our fault. The good thing about agriculture is that you can plant a crop today and harvest in three months, in six months, in one year. We try to convince our president to concentrate on food production.

“Even if we cannot reduce the price of petrol or whatever else, let our people have food to eat. Let our citizens have food to eat.  It’s a shame that we have allowed prices to skyrocket, especially of food. Let people just have food to eat. That’s my take on it,” Onokpasa said.