The Presidency has dismissed claims of widespread hunger across Nigeria, saying many citizens are benefitting from the policies and programmes introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said this in an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday. It was gathered that
He said several government projects and economic measures were already making positive impact in the lives of Nigerians.
The administration’s policies are working, he said, pointing to recent infrastructure developments and access to financial support for workers.
Onanuga maintained that many of the allegations on widespread hunger is not consistent with what he personally sees when he relates with people.
“I talk to people around me often and I don’t think that the picture painted by some critics is the full experience of all Nigerians,” the presidential aide said.
He also spoke about the rise in the national minimum wage in the Tinubu administration, saying the government’s decision to hike the wage level has seen workers earn much more than before.
He said: “It’s like back to the early days of this government. “I think the president went to Lagos, I think, he was coming from a central mosque and somebody now did a voiceover in “Ebi pawa” and that means we are hungry. Since then people have been saying that we are hungry.
“I am a Nigerian, I have people working for me privately. I don’t see the level of one hunger you guys talk about because I see them and I keep asking questions. How are you? How do they deal with it? What are the issues?
“This government has raised the minimum wage more than 100 per cent.
