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Anambra state chapter of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has tasked Nigerian government at all levels on formulating favorable economic policies that could reverse the endemic poverty, hunger and economic hardship in the country.
President, Comrade Nicholas Aromeh who gave the advice while commenting on the 64th Independence anniversary of Nigeria in Awka, regretted that greater percentage of Nigerians are today wallowing in penury due to the unfriendly policies of the present government at the center.
He further lamented that Nigerian civil servants were not finding things easy as a result of the unabated high cost of living, pleading with President Bola Tinubu and state Governors to borrow a leaf from the Anambra state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, whom he said had made education free in all public schools in the state with a view to reducing the burden on parents .
“Most of the policies of the federal government in the country today are inimical to the well beings of greater percentage of Nigerians.
“How can a country blessed with abundant men and minerals resources be yearning for food in the comity of nations? There is need for Nigerians to look inwards and go back to agriculture, which is the main source of the nation’s economy before the oil boom in the early seventies,” he added.
Aromeh called for the reduction of the alarming fuel pump and food prices as well as electricity tariff among others, saying such measures would add fresh blood in the lives of the suffering Nigerians who were struggling to eke out their daily bread amidst the current prevailling economic hardship.
Describing Nigeria as a floundering giant of Africa, the NULGE boss regretted that no system is working in present day Nigeria at 64 years due to increasing rate of crimes and corruption, especially among the leaders.
“Nigerian leaders are after enriching themselves with the common wealth of the nation to the detriment of Nigerian masses,” he added.
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