Life now worth N5,000 under Tinubu’s government — Kenneth Okonkwo

Former Labour Party member, Kenneth Okonkwo, has condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s media chat, saying the administration started wrongly since its inauguration 19 months ago.

Okonkwo said the worth of life in the current administration is now about ₦5,000, referencing the stampede that claimed the lives of over 67 Nigerians.

Speaking on Channel’s Television Sunrise Daily, he said the president did not say what he would have wanted him to say.

“We have to stop all these nonsensical kudos given to failure. For nineteen months, you have not been able to tell Nigerians what you have been doing, and you have started doing wrong things from the day you were sworn in,” he stated.

Okonkwo noted that democracy is not just about talking to the people, but rather about where the people should interrogate you and ask you salient questions, referencing the constitution which states, ‘The participation of the people in the government shall be ensured,’ he alluded.

Referring to the media chat, Okonkwo classified Tinubu’s message into four parts, stating that he talked about the stampede, the cost of governance, the tax reform bill, and corruption, where he accused the president of engaging in blame games.

“About the stampede, this president shifted all the blame to the organisers—people who wanted to help people who are hungry,” he said.

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Okonkwo said the people who died during the stampede did not die because of poverty but because the administration has pushed them to beggars, making their lives worth nothing more than ₦5,000.

“They died during the stampede because they were desperately hungry; in other words, they knew if they didn’t get that food, they had nothing at home to fall back on, so they struggled for that ₦5,000 and some grains of rice. The worth of lives in Tinubu’s government is now about ₦5,000,” he said.

Okonkwo urged the government to take proactive measures because Nigerians are now poorer than they were when the administration came into power.

He said every sign Nigerians are witnessing in this administration points to a failed state.