Ovation magazine publisher and prominent PDP figure, Dele Momodu, has voiced deep concern over the worsening economic conditions in Nigeria, warning that President Bola Tinubu may be unaware of the true extent of people’s suffering.
Speaking on Soni Irabor Live, a News Central programme, monitored by First News, Momodu painted a bleak picture of the national mood, saying hardship and frustration have reached levels he has never seen before.
“Everywhere you turn in Nigeria, people are crying. I have never seen this level of bitterness and I hope the president is taking this criticism in good faith,” Momodu said.
He questioned whether the president is being properly briefed on the situation, suggesting Tinubu’s view of the country may be clouded by political gains—particularly the growing number of defections from opposition parties to the APC.
“I hope people are telling him the situation of things out there because there is no way he can feel or know it. He who feels it knows it,” Momodu said.
“So I am not sure that the president actually knows what is going on because if you see all the governors decamping to your party, won’t you think you are the greatest thing that happened to Nigeria?” he added.
Momodu didn’t stop there. He criticised the ongoing trend of political defections, blaming it on a lack of respect for the Nigerian constitution.
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He argued that politicians who dump the parties that brought them to power should automatically forfeit their positions.
“But you know that we’ve thrown our constitution to the Atlantic Ocean long ago. The constitution has been thrown overboard, which is unfortunate,” he said.
“The constitution says clearly that if somebody elected on the platform of the party decides to decamp, then he would have to vacate that seat.
“So any man who is tired of his political party should be ready to forfeit everything and take it in good faith.”
He condemned the widespread lack of political principle, describing the current culture of party-hopping as a farce.
“You cannot continue to live as if you are still in power. The party in power is the one who has the right to define who will represent them.
“But today, people cross carpet. You can wake up with APC, and in the evening, you are in the PDP, then the following morning, you are back to APC. It’s just unfortunate.”