Hunger: Nigerians Might Soon Take To Street In Protest, Agbakoba Warns FG

Amid the hardship facing Nigerians, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, has warned that a hunger riot might soon break out in Nigeria.

Agbakoba said the Federal Government must act fast before people take to the streets.

The Senior Advocate gave the warning on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in his office in Ikoyi, Lagos.

According to him, the majority of Nigerians could not put food on their tables due to extreme poverty.

Agbakoba said Nigerians are suffering despite the nation’s enormous oil and gas resources which, according to him, have been hijacked by foreigners.

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He maintained that Nigeria as a nation should avoid a situation where the masses would be pushed to the point of taking to the streets as a result of hunger.

He noted that hungry people could resort to entering people’s houses and shops in broad daylight to cart away food items.

“Hunger riot can occur anytime in Nigeria,” Agbakoba said, advising Tinubu to restructure his cabinet and cut the cost of governance.

“President Tinubu needs to dismantle the cabinet. Having over 40 ministers is too large. We don’t need more than 20 ministries,” he said.

The legal practitioner advised Tinubu to scrap some government agencies and expand the tax net, alleging that some of the multinational oil companies are evading taxes.

“Don’t increase taxes, just expand the tax net and go after defaulting IOCs,” he said.