Politics

Economic hardship: Don’t protest alongside unpatriotic Nigerians, Maharaj Ji warns

The founder, One Love family, Satguru Maharaj Ji has urged Nigerians not to join some past leaders and politicians who according to him have failed to be patriotic and nationalistic in transforming their visions into reality.

In a statement personally signed and made available to Nigerian Tribune on Saturday, Maharaj Ji noted that the said leaders who according to him had failed to be patriotic Nigerians had created hardship for the common man on the street and thereby pushing the blame on Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu.

He added that the public should not allow themselves to be misled to go on protest or used by politicians or neo-colonialist puppets to go on strike.

The spiritual leader of the group pointed at corruption including embezzlement of public funds as the major causes of the economic hardship being faced in Nigeria.

He said “Today, the radio, television, and newspapers media are replete with negative comments about the federal government’s inability to secure lives, provide food and many other vital services, to which I feel these guys are not nationalistic and patriotic at all for not going into research to dig into effects and problems facing us as a nation

“They are silent about those who stole the money for producing food, road projects, and housing

“In the first place, if we talk about government, the federal government like a child is about five days to birth and therefore all we need is to beg for safe delivery.

“But this child has started talking right from the womb in strategic areas including security, economy, and education.

“Please note that President Tinubu’s government is not a military one that knows how security outfits of the country have been built and run, so it will take some time to really come to terms with it but we all know during the last eight months, the president has taken some giant strides and has approved some measures which have been yielding positive results gradually

“Don’t forget that we all know that certain northern leaders were involved in creating Boko haram, therefore it would take some time for the new government to take rash decisions.

“While the unpatriotic actions and behaviors of the herdsmen who have been attacking farms and killing farmers had made farm deserted and this has affected food production

“Thirdly the CBN should disclose who received about 2 trillion CBN allocation for funding all commodities associations like Cassava, mushroom, and rice in the last 20 years.

“ We need explanations from those who get billions on constituency projects execution and how much was paid to them

“The local government chairmen should explain how much they received and how many projects they executed in their local government areas

“The government released billions of naira to state governments for Agriculture and housing, what did they use the money for since we all know that people are the machines for sound economic breakthroughs

“From the above information, the public should not allow themselves to be misled to go on protest or used by politicians or neo-colonialists puppets to go on strike.

“Don’t join or promote those who have failed to be patriotic and nationalistic in transforming their visions into reality thereby creating hardship for the common man on the street and pushing the blame on President Tinubu.

“Whistleblowers should work hard to expose those with illegal money,“ the statement reads.