Prof. Usman Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has expressed surprise that the South-east has remained calm despite the worsening economic hardship the country is grappling with.
Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme, Yusuf noted: “I honestly don’t know why the South-east is quiet, uncharacteristically quiet. But the President needs to find out. The North is where I know I live; even my heritage is. The silence in the North is more lethal than anywhere else in the country. And the President needs to listen to that.
“The silence in the North, from the people of the North in spite of the suffering people are going through, is more lethal than people coming out.
“We are going into the month of Ramadan, people are going to pray. We ask the President to buy food, flood the market and feed the people before things get too late.
“The whole country is suffering. There’s hunger in the land. We hope you listen. Don’t listen to your advisers. Bring a whole lot of money for food, don’t wait for the governors.”
Yusuf urged President Tinubu to flood the market with food before things get get out of hand.
There have been pockets of protests across the country against harsh economic hardship, especially in some parts of the North and South West.
