Pelumi Olajengbesi, a human rights lawyer based in Abuja, has called for Nigerian millionaires to repeat their 2020 COVID-19 epidemic generosity and help feed the hungry as the country struggles economically.
Wednesday, Olajengbesi made a statement on the widespread hunger in the country, saying that if left unchecked, it might lead to public disturbances.
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No thanks to the policies of the new administration, our beloved nation is experiencing one of the most difficult economic periods in its history, he declared.
Due to the departure of multinational corporations, thousands of jobs have been lost.
A famine grips the nation. The proverbial “a hungry man is an angry man” applies here; as a result, people are taking to the streets to voice their discontent with the country’s current economic climate.
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He continued by drawing parallels between the present crisis and the coronavirus epidemic of four years ago, when wealthy individuals like Aliko Dangote—who worked with the Central Bank of Nigeria to spearhead the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19—made charitable contributions.
“Just as they generously did during the COVID-19 pandemic, our billionaires and esteemed private sector business magnates must now intervene to provide relief for our multitude of citizens,” he declared.
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