In this interview with ABDULLAHI OLESIN, member representing Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency of Kwara State in the House of Representatives, Dr Ahmed Adamu Saba, says the federal government should re-introduce price control to bring down the prices of food items in the country. Excerpts: President’s assurances?
If you look at the previous Republics up to where we are now, there are a lot of things that happened. People always see Nigeria as a country that is grappling with the issue of corruption here and there. That corruption, if you look at it critically, it can be traced back to the colonial period. It is one of the tendencies of colonial masters for them to take away our resources.
It is left for us as federal legislators to reassure our people that what Mr President is doing is in the right direction. People should exercise patience, it is just for a little time. The suffering that people are undergoing today, soonest, it will be overtaken by happiness if we are able to get it right, and the resources will be utilized the way we want. But the issue is not only on subsidy. One is thankful that information dissemination has been made easy now.