Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - Former Communication Minister Adebayo Shittu has decried the high poverty rate in the country, saying many Nigerians have become beggars.
Shittu who served under the Buhari administration, appeared on AIT and
decried how Nigeria’s economic condition has turned citizens into beggars.
According to him, a man called him from Bauchi to beg for N1,000 to
feed, adding that another woman called him 30 times to beg for N3,000.
“Yesterday, before I left Ibadan, somebody phoned me from Bauchi and
begged me for N1,000. He said he had not eaten for two days. Again, about a
week ago, somebody also called me, a woman who wanted N3,000. At the time she
wanted that morning, unbelievably, I myself didn’t have that money, and the
woman called me 30 times in one day.” he said
He averred that poverty had been weaponized in the country to the extent
that when politicians go to the people for votes, they tend to be more
interested in what the politicians can give them rather than what they are
capable of doing.
‘’It’s not my business to douse the poverty of such people calling. So
when you go to such people to ask for their votes or support, they don’t care
what you’re capable of doing. What they are interested in is what they can get
out of you today.” he said
He stated that he currently doesn’t have money because he didn’t steal
while in office. According to him, the post-political appointment life of many
government officials can be challenging for those who didn’t steal in office.
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