{"id":107218,"date":"2024-03-04T01:30:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T06:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/?p=107218"},"modified":"2024-03-04T01:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T06:30:20","slug":"hardship-hunger-cumulative-effect-of-past-govts-umahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2024\/03\/04\/hardship-hunger-cumulative-effect-of-past-govts-umahi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardship, Hunger, Cumulative Effect Of Past Govts \u2014 Umahi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Engr David Umahi who is the Minister for Works in Nigeria has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the government of President <a href=\"https:\/\/africadailynews.net\/2023\/09\/07\/the-delusions-of-obidients-and-tinubus-strategic-control.html\">Ahmed Tinubu<\/a> stressing that the present hunger affecting the country was caused by the failures of past governments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Umahi made this assertion while speaking in an interview with some Journalists at his country home Uburu on Sunday where he appealed to Nigerians to still give the present government time to address all the inherited issues affecting the country.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also explained why he believes the South Easterners are not part of the agitations and protests against the government.<\/p>\n<p>He then commended President Tinubu for tackling the farmers and herders clash in every part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>His words \u201c<em>The present hunger that everybody is talking about, didn\u2019t start today. It\u2019s built up to a number of factors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBefore 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Read Also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2024\/03\/04\/report-bribe-seekers-to-me-tinubu-to-qatari-investors\/\">\u201cReport Bribe Seekers To Me\u201d, Tinubu To Qatari Investors<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cAt a time, I was the Chairman of the 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat problem dealt a lot of blow to food production. The issue of kidnapping, and the issue of insecurity, prevented farmers from going to their farms because here, we are talking about hunger.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd so, you expect the administration of President Tinubu to fix all those things within nine months, it\u2019s not possible. So, it\u2019s a cumulative effect of the past like I have mentioned. We should be asking ourselves, how do we solve these problems and that\u2019s what the President has started doing. When something has gotten to climax, you don\u2019t expect to dissolve it overnight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you check very well, especially in South East, you will know that we no longer have incessant farmers\/herders clashes. So, why should we join the protest when the President has solved our major problem? The problem now we have in the South East is self-inflicted and that is the issue of unknown but known gunmen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, if we are protesting, are we protesting against who? We are protesting against a President that has solved herders\/farmers clashes. If you remove the issue of unknown gunmen, the East will be completely safe and farmers can work. So, we can\u2019t go and join anybody to protest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/\"><strong>Africa Today News, New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engr David Umahi who is the Minister for Works in Nigeria has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the government of President Ahmed Tinubu stressing that the present hunger affecting the country was caused by the failures of past governments. 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