From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to as a matter of urgency address the hunger confronting Nigerians.
NANS made the call on Saturday in a statement signed by the Clerk of the Senate, NANS headquarters, Abdul-Yekinn Odunayo, a copy made available to Sunday Sun in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
According to Odunayo, Nigerians have been subjected to unwarranted impoverishment and hunger since the advent of the incumbent administration of President Tinubu, urging him to espouse a policy capable of revamping the economy of the country.
He noted that fuel subsidy removal and floating of the country’s currency done simultaneously by the Tinubu-led government hah further sunk Nigeria deeper into the economic abyss, heightened hunger, raising the cost of living beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians.
The NANS Senate Clerk pointed out that many Nigerians had hoped that the economic mess created by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari would be cleared by the incumbent administration but rather, the country had witnessed skyrocket increase in prices of food and other essential commodities.
He observed further that students in the country had not been spared of the present precarious economic situation as many could no longer continue their education pursuit.
While acknowledging that students loan scheme put in place by the President Tinubu’s government had helped some students, he advocated a total overhaul of the economy in order for Nigerians to have a taste of good governance promised by the president.