Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has warned President Bola Tinubu to cease assigning blame in the aftermath of the protest against his administration.
Afenifere said Tinubu advocated for a revolution against former President Goodluck Jonathan and hence should not be blamed today.
According to Prince Justice Fakiyesi, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere who is loyal to the Acting Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the president’s speech did not address the root causes of the national food crisis.
Fakiyesi criticised Tinubu for claiming that the nationwide protest was politically driven, pointing out that he did the same thing under Jonathan.
Addressing journalists on Monday, he said:
“It is the same thing that happened under former President Goodluck Jonathan and he (Tinubu) called for a revolution or protest and when he is facing the same thing and even worse, he is blaming other people.
“We never believed that just calling for dialogue would change anything. He has never changed.
“I think he was pushed to read the speech because it was not a matter of dialogue or him addressing people about the exact policy that brought hunger and since he is not willing to reverse or accept responsibility, because he more or less said it was politically motivated.
“When he started, and he specifically said that subsidy is dead, he said you can protest as much as you like. He said that. He knew that his policies were going to bring protest. At his age he knows that there have been all sorts of protests against subsidy removal.”
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