SAHARA REPORTERS
Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, has claimed that the current hunger being faced by the citizens is not peculiar to the West African country.
The President mentioned this on Monday evening while speaking during a media chat monitored by SaharaReporters, while claiming that the recent stampedes in the country were not caused by economic hardships.
SaharaReporters recently reported how dozens of Nigerians lost their lives during stampedes that happened at different incidents across the country.
On Wednesday, about 40 children died during a stampede at a children’s fair in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Similarly, on Saturday, a stampede during the distribution of rice and other palliatives at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, Abuja, claimed 10 lives.
In another incident, at least 17 residents of the Okija community in Anambra State reportedly died in a stampede over rice palliatives.
The African Action Congress (AAC), the Peoples Democratic Party and other concerned Nigerians had blamed the tragedies on the current socioeconomic situation in the country.
However, these claims were considered untrue by the President who blamed the incident on poor planning by the event organisers.
He said: “It is good to give. I have been giving out foodstuff commodities including envelopes in Bourdilion in the last 25 years. I have never experienced this kind of incident because we are organised, and disciplined. If you know you don’t have enough to give, don’t attempt to or even publish it.
“Every society, even in America, they have food banks, they have hungry people. in Britain, they have food banks, they have warehouses. But they are organised, they always be in line and take turn to collect (free foods).”
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