State Of The Nation: This Ground Is Not Running – Bishop Tells Tinubu

…Says, It has been 3months of extreme difficulties

The Spokesman of World Bishops’ Council (WBC), Africa, Bishop Seun Adeoye has said that Nigerians are facing untold hardship as life is fast becoming unbearable for the citizens.

Bishop Adeoye, who is also Presiding Prelate of Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministries (SGTM), noted that the three months of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in office are months in which the government has not only taken food off the tables of the masses but, has successfully taken smiles off their cheeks, stressing that the people are facing extreme hardship, untold sufferings and induced poverty.

He said that while ‘subsidy is gone’, those that surround the President and his family are the very rich in the society that would not in any way feel the pains of the people, adding that the so called palliatives are mere cosmetic political statements as they were not intended to address the needs of the people.

The cleric who stated these on Tuesday, August, 29, 2023 in a press statement in Oshogbo, the Osun State capital while appraising President Tinubu’s three months in office, said that the current situation in the country called for serious concern and urgent attention.

While expressing displeasure at the current situation in the country, the cleric who is also a rights activist, said that it has been three months of extreme hardship and sufferings for Nigerians, stressing that life was virtually becoming unbearable.

In the words of Bishop Adeoye; “Today, 29th of August marks three months of Tinubu’s government. But within these three months, businesses are collapsing, people are becoming jobless, hunger now pervades the land and many who appear to be alive are just walking corpses.

“Let the truth be told, this ‘ground’ is not ‘running’ Mr. President. You and your family are up there in a secured Aso Rock. Those who surrounded you are big men. They can’t feel the pains the way we the people do. ‘Igboro o rerin Sir’. I mean people are not happy at all.

“We cannot pretend that there is sadness everywhere. Is there anything new done by this administration that was never been done? None.

“Our ‘City Boy’ almost dragged us into war with Niger Republic while terrorists, bandits and kidnappers are still having their field days in our own country. “The other day, soldiers were slaughtered in Niger state and some intending Youth Corpers were kidnapped in Zamfara.

“A new government ought to have even shown some signs of strength but, killings in Plateau, Niger and Benue States and other places were manifestations of ‘continuity’ of the past.

“A N5billion largesse to a state with 5million population is just N1,000 per person. Yet, prices of foodstuffs and transportations have gone up astronomically and the masses are crying.

“Mr. President, your 100,000 bags of rice per state is a huge joke. It can’t go one ‘kongo or mudu’ each per family. I don’t trade in foreign currency but how’s the dollar market today compare to when you took over?

“Soon, very soon, we’ll be overwhelmed by propaganda and sponsored performance statistics. Please, sit up, stop all the rhetorically comments. They are becoming norms.

“You promised to fix Nigeria. Then, do something about it. You get just few months to do so. If not, it’ll be on record that yours is the worst government that ever ruled Nigeria,” he said.

Bishop Adeoye however, appealed to Nigerians not to stop praying for the country and her leaders, saying that God will surely intervene and see the nation through its troubles.