Ene Ogbole, a member of the Tinubu-Shettima campaign council, has dismissed Nigerians’ concerns about hunger and the rising cost of living under Bola Tinubu’s administration.
“Hunger is not peculiar to Nigeria. Hunger is everywhere in the world. Inflation is not peculiar to Nigeria. Inflation is everywhere in the world,” Ms Ogbole said in an interview with ARISE TV on Thursday.
Explaining her stance, Ms. Ogbole pointed to the significant increase in her daughter’s accommodation fees at a university in Dubai.
“When my daughter entered the university three years ago, I was paying about 2,500 dirhams for her accommodation,” said the politician.
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Ms Ogbole added, “But within the space I’d just three years, as we speak today, I’m paying about 7,000 dirham for the same hostel. Which means inflation is everywhere in the world.”
Frank Tietie, another guest on the show, dismissed Ms. Ogbole’s example as a poor comparison to the plight of struggling Nigerians who can barely make a living.
“Your child schooling in Dubai is a poor example when we are talking about Nigerians in their millions not having what to eat to sleep,” Mr Tietie scolded Mr Tinubu’s apologist.
On Thursday, numerous Nigerians took to the streets to protest widespread hunger and the high cost of living, attributing these issues to Mr. Tinubu’s “disjointed” and harsh economic policies.
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