A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and inner-cycle associate of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has lamented the current cost of living under the current regime and said those to rescue Nigeria have not been born.
Joe Igbokwe, erstwhile APC Publicity Secretary and a major campaigner for Tinubu’s presidential election, dropped the verdict while commenting on the cost of living crisis, lamenting that a bag of rice now costs N100,000.
Serving under 2006 as pioneer General Manager of Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA), Igbokwe has been Chairman of Wharf Landing Fee Collecting Authority.
Two weeks ago, he lamented over the hike in electricity tarrif, asking Tinubu to look into it.
The staple foodstuff was N30,000 before May 29, 2023, from around N5,000 when APC took over power in 2015.
Dropping the verdict in a Facebook post on Friday, Igbokwe wrote: “With all the rice mills we have in Nigeria, my wife just told me that a bag of rice is now ₦100k plus. Without sounding immodest, I am constrained to say that the men and women that will rescue this country from self-inflicted pains and tears are not born yet.”
Recently, Igbokwe, who served under virtually every Lagos governor since 1999, has been critical of some policies of the Tinubu administration, marking a departure of what he stood for.
In a post on his Facebook page three weeks ago, Igbokwe lamented that N20,000 worth of units only lasted him for just a day.
He said: “PBAT, please look into the new electricity tariff in Nigeria. It will kill businesses if the government does not act as quickly as possible. I have a small office in Surulere with about 7 units of AC.
“We used to buy 300 plus units for N20,0000. Yesterday we bought N20,000 worth of units and it lasted for just one day. They call it band A group. I pray that we review this.”
