The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said the hunger Nigerians are experiencing is a build-up before former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and that of President Bola Tinubu.
Umahi said the current hunger was a build-up of insecurity caused by farmers-herders crisis before the administration of Buhari.
Addressing journalists on Sunday at his Uburu country home in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, the minister said Nigerians should not expect Tinubu to fix the problem within nine months of assuming power.
According to Umahi: “The present hunger that everybody is talking about, didn’t start today. It’s a build up to a number of factors. Before the past administration and present administration, we have been having a build-up of insecurity, we had farmers/herders clashes over a number of years at a long period of time.
“At a time, I was the chairman of NEC committee on resolving farmers/herders clashes. So, I went through a number of states especially the Northern States settling the farmers/herders clashes and it yielded a number of fruits.
“And so, you expect the administration of President Tinubu to fix all those things within nine months, it’s not possible. So, it’s a cumulative effect of the past like I have mentioned.”
Current hunger buildup before Buhari govt, Tinubu can’t fix all in 9 months – Umahi