A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State and supporter of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Mr Joe Igbokwe, has stated that those who will rescue Nigeria have not been born.
Igbokwe, one of those who campaigned actively for Tinubu in the buildup to the 2023 general elections, said this while commenting on the alarming costs of living in the country.
In a Facebook post on Friday, Igbokwe lamented that a bag of rice now costs N100,000.
“With all the rice mills we have in Nigeria, my wife just told me that a bag of rice is now N100,000 plus. Without sounding immodest, I am constrained to say that the men and women that will rescue this country from self-inflicted pains and tears are not born yet,” he wrote.
Recently, Igbokwe, who served under virtually every Lagos governor since 1999, has been critical of some policies of the Tinubu administration, marking a departure of what he stood for.
Two weeks ago, he lamented over the hike in electricity tarrif, asking Tinubu to look into it.
In a post on his Facebook page three weeks ago, Igbokwe lamented that N20,000 worth of units only lasted him for just a day.
He said: “PBAT, please look into the new electricity tariff in Nigeria. It will kill businesses if the government does not act as quickly as possible. I have a small office in Surulere with about 7 units of AC.
“We used to buy 300 plus units for N20,000. Yesterday we bought N20,000 worth of units and it lasted for just one day. They call it band A group. I pray that we review this.”
