Stampedes: Never In My Life Have I Seen Nigerians So Desperate For Food – Rhodes-Vivour

The 2023 Lagos State governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has stated that the stampedes that occured in various parts of the country is an indication of the economic hardship faced by Nigerians under the President Bola Tinubu administration.

Naijaonpoint reports that stampedes which resulted in the loss of lives occured in Abuja, Anambra and Ibadan.

Speaking on the dire incidents during an appearance on Channels Television, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour lamented that he has never experienced such an occurrence in his adult life

Rhodes-Vivour said, “You can have a macro economic plan if you are thinking that way, then you should also understand the shock it’s going to do on the ground. So, what did you put in place?” He said on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.

“There was a point when they said they were transferring money to people. Monies that we couldn’t account for, monies that we couldn’t trace.

“Huge amount of money that just apparently went to the system and disappeared. Without any accountability for it. There was a point when they were sharing food and then there were stampedes at Customs.

“I mean you saw the amount of stampedes that happened this yuletide season. Never in my adult years have I seen Nigerians so desperate to get food.

“You say a place was going to open at 9am, at 3am people were already queuing for food? That shows the hardship Nigerians are facing.”