Hardship: 'Why Nigerians Have Not Revolted Against Buhari' – Rev Ben
About 18 months after President Muhammadu Buhari took over the leadership of the country, the citizens say they are yet to see the promised 'change'.
A general overseer based in Lagos has given an incite into the failures of the Buhari administration as well as the frustration these have caused, as Nigeria slips deeper into recession.
The general overseer of the Divine Appointment Ministry International, Ilupeju, Lagos, Reverend Ben Eragbai, has stated that the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is only being saved by one factor.
Speaking with The Sun, Reverend Ben insisted that this is not the Change Nigerians expected when they voted out Goodluck Jonathan. According to him, the country would have turned against the government because the recession has reached a boiling point.
He said Buhari administration is being saved by the churches which have continued to give hope to the already hopeless. Confirming that there is starvation everywhere in the country, he added: "As a pastor, we are bearing the burden of the people, seeing what is happening now, where people are finding it hard to feed; some are equally not finding it easy paying transport fares to go to work.
“Many are thrown out of jobs and some cannot pay their house rents, as well as their children’s school fees. Unemployment rate has so much increased.
"So far so good, I believe God is still on the throne. This is not the change that Nigerians asked for."
He added: “We had thought that before voting a person into office, he should have appraised the enormity of challenges he was going to face and prepared to paddle the economy.“Removing former President Goodluck Jonathan shouldn’t just be the achievement of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but meeting the needs of the people who are now staving and groaning over the excruciating poverty and suffering in the land, should be their strongest point.”
He complained about Nigeria’s current exchange rate saying the country was making its neighbours like Benin Republic and Ghana richer by the day.
The clergyman said: “The exchange rate is another sore point in this country. The dollar is hitting the rooftop everyday, while the naira is going down and down. We are making Benin Republic and Ghana, our neighbouring countries richer.
"People are closing their factories in Nigeria and relocating to those countries. Airlines are toeing the same line. We have banned importation of various items, but they are still finding their ways into the country through the land borders. We make other nations richer, as they are collecting taxes and tariffs for these items, but nothing comes to us. You banned all these items when there are no alternatives or substitutes.”
He said currently, the church has become the only hope of Nigerians and wondered what would have happened if there were no churches. He said the situation in many homes is terrible.
“People are hungry, they are jobless and if not for the church, the armored tanks, the guns etc, cannot stop the people from trooping out into the streets for a possible revolution.”
A general overseer based in Lagos has given an incite into the failures of the Buhari administration as well as the frustration these have caused, as Nigeria slips deeper into recession.
The general overseer of the Divine Appointment Ministry International, Ilupeju, Lagos, Reverend Ben Eragbai, has stated that the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is only being saved by one factor.
Speaking with The Sun, Reverend Ben insisted that this is not the Change Nigerians expected when they voted out Goodluck Jonathan. According to him, the country would have turned against the government because the recession has reached a boiling point.
He said Buhari administration is being saved by the churches which have continued to give hope to the already hopeless. Confirming that there is starvation everywhere in the country, he added: "As a pastor, we are bearing the burden of the people, seeing what is happening now, where people are finding it hard to feed; some are equally not finding it easy paying transport fares to go to work.
“Many are thrown out of jobs and some cannot pay their house rents, as well as their children’s school fees. Unemployment rate has so much increased.
"So far so good, I believe God is still on the throne. This is not the change that Nigerians asked for."
He added: “We had thought that before voting a person into office, he should have appraised the enormity of challenges he was going to face and prepared to paddle the economy.“Removing former President Goodluck Jonathan shouldn’t just be the achievement of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but meeting the needs of the people who are now staving and groaning over the excruciating poverty and suffering in the land, should be their strongest point.”
He complained about Nigeria’s current exchange rate saying the country was making its neighbours like Benin Republic and Ghana richer by the day.
The clergyman said: “The exchange rate is another sore point in this country. The dollar is hitting the rooftop everyday, while the naira is going down and down. We are making Benin Republic and Ghana, our neighbouring countries richer.
"People are closing their factories in Nigeria and relocating to those countries. Airlines are toeing the same line. We have banned importation of various items, but they are still finding their ways into the country through the land borders. We make other nations richer, as they are collecting taxes and tariffs for these items, but nothing comes to us. You banned all these items when there are no alternatives or substitutes.”
He said currently, the church has become the only hope of Nigerians and wondered what would have happened if there were no churches. He said the situation in many homes is terrible.
“People are hungry, they are jobless and if not for the church, the armored tanks, the guns etc, cannot stop the people from trooping out into the streets for a possible revolution.”
- BUHARI....U BETTER LISTEN TO PEOPLE, AND MAKE U NO SAY U DEY VEX.
- BCOS HUNGRY MEN ARE ANGRY MEN
- AND IF U SAY MAKE U DEY LOCK PEOPLE WEY CRITICIZE U....D JAIL HOUSE WILL BE FULL UP OF DEAD-BODY, BCOS D PEOPLE DON ALREADY DEY HUNGRY SEF BEFORE DEM YAAB U....so locking dem will be futile. And me as I dey so, if u shake me up side down u no go even see dust for my cloth. hehehe. ABI NA 'MAN OF GOD' U WAN LOCK??? AT LEAST U NO FIT SAY WE CHOP GOVT MONEY LIKE DASUKI ??? Abi.
- THE TRUTH IS OFTEN BITTER.
- SO D BEST SOLUTION IS TO FIX D SHIT.
- DATS WHY WE ELECTED U IN 1ST PLACE.
- AND BY D WAY....IF APC EVEN COMES BACK AS 'JESUS CHRIST', NIGERIANS WILL NOT VOTE DEM AGAIN....dats for sure.!!!....U GUYS WERE NEVER PREPARED FOR GOVERNMENT.....maybe una tink say government na one kain picnic !!!
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