The founding National Secretary of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Comrade Femi Aborisade, has declared that the government has failed to meet the expectations of the masses.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Inside Sources on Friday, Aborisade said the political rulers have not lived up to the essence of governance as provided in the constitution.
“In my humble view, I think the political rulers have failed the nation; they have not met the expectations of the masses,” he said.
He added that the constitution stipulates that the welfare and security of the people should be the primary purpose of government.
“The constitution provides that the primary essence of governance is the welfare and security of the people. We neither have security nor is the welfare of the people being attended to.
“Rather, we are confronted with unprecedented poverty, pervasive poverty, agony, pains, and pangs while the rulers swim in opulence, the masses wallow in abject poverty,” he said.
Aborisade said things in the country are not working in favour of ordinary Nigerians but only for those in authority.
“Things are not working, the country is not working in the interest of the masses, the country is working only in the interest of the rulers.
“They have, for example, withdrawn fuel subsidy only for the governors to be richer; they have taken from the masses and given to the wealthy. It is as if Nigeria is now made not for the masses but for the rulers,” he added.
Commenting on the minimum wage, the activist said lawmakers in Nigeria are among the highest-paid in the world but have legalised what he described as a “poverty wage”.
“Our legislatures are among the top income earners in the entire world, yet they are proud to say they have a law legalising ₦70,000 per-month minimum wage, yet not less than 11 states are not paying the minimum wage.
“The minimum wage, of course, is a poverty wage that can hardly sustain a family,” he lamented.
