Kaduna, 08 October, 2022 / 6:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Persons behind the “mismanaged” economy of Nigeria are now “using hunger as a weapon” ahead of the the country’s general elections scheduled for February 2023,” Christian leaders in over a dozen States of the West African country have said.
In a Thursday, October 6 statement, officials of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) highlight the life-threatening challenges ordinary people in Africa’s most populous nation are facing, saying life in the country “is becoming a living hell”.
“The harsh economic situation in the country has brought about mass poverty and hunger among millions of Nigerians,” CAN officials say, and add, “Those who mismanaged the economy are using hunger as a weapon as the 2023 general election approaches.”
In their assessment, life in Nigeria “is becoming a living hell as people struggle to make ends meet. Almost on a daily basis, prices of food and essential items are on the increase.”
“There is no denying the fact that there is poverty and hunger in the land,” CAN officials who include representatives of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) lament, adding, “Many families can barely get one square meal in a day.”