By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan
New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) leader in the South-West and Chief Executive Officer of Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has called on governments at various levels in the country to improve the fortunes of Nigerians in 2025.
This is as his company organises a New Year festival on Wednesday (today) to entertain and usher Nigerians into the New Year.
Oguntoyinbo, in a statement to welcome 2025, noted that Nigerians had suffered in the midst of plenty “due to several harsh policies of governments at various levels in the outgoing year 2024,” insisting that all hands ought to be on deck to ensure that the situation was improved in 2025.
He stated:”We should thank the Almighty God for keeping us till this time. The outgoing year has been a very harsh one for an average Nigerian as the cost of staple foods skyrocketed, leaving many families sleeping on empty stomachs.
“The removal of subsidy on petroleum products by President Bola Tinubu and the failure of the palliatives released by the Federal Government to reach the downtrodden made life miserable for many Nigerians.
“It is sad that Nigerians now scramble for foodstuffs through various donors leading to stampede and avoidable deaths in many locations in the country but most notably in Ibadan where over 35 children died, in Okija, Anambra state and at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja where many lost their lives.
“The stampede and the attendant deaths are products of the abject poverty to which many Nigerians have been subjected to.
“While we commiserate with those who lost their loved ones in the various stampedes, we beckon on governments to make foodstuffs affordable to all Nigerians.
“I, hereby, appeal to the President and the state governors to please, as we enter the New Year, work towards improving the lives of Nigerians.
“Policies must be carried out with human face. Nigeria and Nigerians are blessed by the Almighty Allah through various mineral resources and they should not continue to suffer in the midst of plenty.
“The President, as the Minister of Petroleum, must crash the prices of petroleum products as a way of helping the masses to breath.”
The former Ogun State NNPP governorship candidate, through the Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited, said he would be organising a New Year 2025 Get Together Funfare to help Nigerians celebrate the New Year in style.
He said the event which would take place in Ibafo, Ogun State from 2pm, would feature musicians such as Alhaji Taye Currency, 9ice, GYC, Sil Bugatti, Femo Lancaster and Starpee.
