The Nigerian Baptist Convention has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to take seriously the early signs of danger in the country and find realistic solutions to the economic hardship.
This was made known in an open letter by the Convention’s President, Rev Israel Akanji, on Friday, amid the ongoing #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest.
He emphasised the need for the government to be seen as working to address the people’s struggles, appealing for patience and understanding.
Akanji said in part, “The three tiers of the government have to accept and acknowledge the fact that there is hardship in the land and come up with realistic ways of leading the nation out of the problems at such a time as this.
Akanji emphasised the need for the government to be seen as working to address the people’s struggles, appealing for patience and understanding, noting that the current palliatives being released are insufficient, likening them to “a drop in the mighty ocean of our
“Government should be clearly seen to be appealing to the people of our country for more patience as they work assiduously to engage and ameliorate the hardship in the land. The current palliatives being released can be likened to only a drop in the mighty ocean of our problems,” he said.
Akanji suggested that the government should further address the security situation in the country to return farmers to their farms, thereby curbing food insecurity.“Government should further address the security situation in the country with a view to returning farmers to their farms in order to curb food insecurity in the country,” he added.
