Maryam Aminu
In the face of a biting economic crunch, the Coalition of Nigeria Youth on Security and Safety Affairs CONYSSA has expressed concern over the continuous rise in the prices of food and other commodities in Nigeria.
To buy basic food items in Nigeria now has become gold. Prices of common food items like noodles, rice, beans, egg garri, yam, pasta, flour, sugar, vegetable oil etc have skyrocketed making life
unbearable for Nigerians
Following the recent protest over the high prices of food and other commodities, inflation and high cost of living due to the worsening economic situation in the country, the Director General, Coalition of Nigeria Youth on Security and Safety Affairs CONYSSA Amb. Ade Mario Emmanuel has urged members of the public to desist from protesting as protest is not the best solution
Mario made this call while speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja
According to him
“Protests are a very powerful tool in a democratic country, but the public needs to make right use of it to get proper results. Also, I feel that protests are just expressions of anger. They are not the ultimate solution.”
While urging the public to come out with ideas that are realistic in solving the economic crisis, he implored that protest be suspended as those who are hell-bent on destroying the country, can hijack it to carry out their evil plans
He called on the government to act swiftly to fix the problem.
He blamed the recent increase in food prices on transportation and fuel price, saying the only way to address the situation is to reduce the cost of fuel to 300/350
“High fuel cost is just one factor at play, creating high food prices, if it can be reduced to 300 or 350 then cost of transportation will subsidise thereby leading to low food prices” he says
He further urged the government to work towards resuming local refining of fuel saying it will address Nigeria’s problems significantly
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