Abdulaziz Yari, director-general of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, says Nigerians who are not lazy would have food on their tables, as hunger caused by economic hardship pervades the land.
Yari spoke on Friday during the APC presidential campaign rally in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital.
The former Zamfara governor said food items are readily available in markets.
He asked whether residents of Akwa Ibom have been unable to buy foodstuffs despite soaring prices.
“Just as I said, we have hunger. Let me ask a question here. Akwa Ibom people, from where I came from, we have food in the market,” he said.
“I don’t know, in Akwa Ibom, is there any person who took his money to the market and found out there’s no rice? You didn’t answer me. Is there anybody with money in his pocket who goes to the market to get foodstuffs and says that there’s no foodstuffs in the market?
“If there’s no food in the market, that’s what we are calling hunger. But anyone who is not a lazy person, definitely he would have food on his table.”
Earlier on Thursday in Ekiti, Yari challenged opposition parties to explain how their policies would differ from those of the Tinubu administration.
Defending the government’s economic records, Yari cited what he described as a dip in food prices.
He urged Nigerians to hand Tinubu another opportunity, insisting that the administration’s performance should form the basis of the APC’s campaign.
“As we promised Nigerians, we are going to campaign with our numbers, with what we have done for Nigerians. Based on that, Nigerians, we requested them to give us a second chance,” he said.
Yari added that the party is prepared to defend its record, adding that the opposition should present alternative proposals to Nigerians.
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