Onokpasa stated this on Tuesday’s edition of Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Jesutega Onokpasa has slammed the government of President Bola Tinubu.
He said the Tinubu-led Federal Government has failed in food production.
Onokpasa stated this on Tuesday’s edition of Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme.
Recall that over 30 persons were killed and many others injured during stampedes in two states of the country including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in stampedes that occurred during food distribution events, raising concerns among Nigerians.
Weighing in on the incidents, Onokpasa, who is a vocal supporter of President Bola Tinubu, said the Federal Government has failed in food security which according to him led many of the stampede victims to seek help during the charity events.
“I think the real problem is that we (APC) have failed woefully in producing food for our citizens.
“When we were campaigning for this administration, people were calling us ‘Agbadorians’ because our President [Tinubu] was always talking about producing food but unfortunately, we don’t seem to be producing food and we just have to accept, that’s our fault,” he said.
The APC chieftain further stated that the government has not done enough to boost agriculture which he believes is not a hard thing to get.
“The good thing about agriculture is that you can just plant a crop today and harvest in three months or six months or one year and try to convince our president to concentrate on food production. Even if we cannot reduce the price of fuel, let our people have food to eat.
“We (APC) have failed woefully in producing food for our citizens. When we were campaigning for this administration, people were calling us ‘Agbadorians’ because our president was always talking about producing food but unfortunately, we don’t seem to be producing food,” he added.