President and founder, Vision Africa International, Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha, has called on government at all levels to come up with life-changing policies and programmes to lift people out of hunger, hardship and starvation.
He said this has become necessary because the faces of Nigerians are scary due to hardship they face.
In a statement entitled, “Listen to the Cries of the Poor Now to Avert Anarchy” released on Sunday, Bishop Onuoha urged government to go beyong rhetorics and work hard to reposition the economy to give succor to dying masses.
He said that it was not an exaggeration that the masses are hungry as the look on their faces suggests that they are in dire need of help.
The cleric lamented that most families in Nigeria battle to feed once a day, while some who manage to eat are not sure of where the next meal will come from.
He said that it has become a matter of urgency that “government at all levels hasten up, come up with policies to check rising prices in food commodities and other essentials.”
According to Bishop Onuoha, “the look on people’s faces on daily basis portrays anger, vexation, hunger, among others. Nigerians are passing through a whole lot in meeting up with daily demands of their families. Interactions I have had with people over the last couple of months, has further prompted me to believe that Nigerians need a lifeline, quickly too.”
Thin2023 Global Peace Award winner urged government at all levels to revisit their manifestoes and the promises, emphasising that they are sending a wrong signal to the masses by constantly reneging on election promises made.
He said: “Another missing link I have discovered among the government is their inability to fulfil their election promises to the electorate. I believe that before these promises are made, the ruling class did proper findings regarding the plights of the people. For me, it is an aberration if after you are elected, one fails to impact the people positively.”
The Methodist Bishop advised government to avert the impending anarchy in the land, stating that the voices and faces of the governed, suggest that they are not finding the situation in the country funny and at the same time not happy with the political class.