Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, criticised the federal government on Thursday for sending trucks of rice to state governments.
News About Nigeria reports that he argued that this action would only lead to increased corruption and hardship, as governors are not concerned about the welfare of the needy.
Through his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele stated that the rice would not reach those who were truly suffering.
Instead, he claimed that governors would distribute it among their party members, further highlighting the potential for corruption.
He stated that Tinubu’s government was not ready to listen to good advice.
“There is no way this will get to the needy, those who are suffering.
“The Tinubu government isn’t ready to listen to advice. They are not doing what is feasible; Nigerians are hungry and angry; everyone is affected; and the president must be careful.
“Sending trucks of rice to governors that don’t care about the needs of the people and don’t share in people’s pains is tantamount to arbitrary corruption. They will give it to their party members, and loyalists and even hoard it.
“Why is this government not listening? The more you bring such, the more the hardship. The truck of rice will only increase hardship and poverty, that’s not the solution.’’
Primate Ayodele further noted that Tinubu’s decisions would kill Nigeria’s economy, advising him to listen to advice that can help the country.
On what the president should have done, the prophet made it known that the trucks of rice should have been taken to markets across the country and sold at lesser prices to the people.
“This is simple mathematics, like God revealed to Pharaoh about famine, God has revealed to prophets the situation of Nigeria, we have said this in 2022 about what Nigeria will experience, it is better the government listens before it kills the economy.
“The government should have taken the trucks to markets across the country and sold them at a very subsidized rate to the needy. The impact will be felt more than giving it to state governors,” he added.
