- Safiu Kehinde
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) chieftain, Buba Galadima, has accused President Bola Tinubu of deliberate attempt to punish the North with the crash in food prices.
Galadima made the accusation in an interview with yesterday.
Speaking on DCL Hausa, the NNPP chieftain held that the crash in food price is aimed at destroying the economy of the North.
Galadima explained the cause of the food price is because the federal government under President Tinubu has opened the border for massive food importation, especially foreign rice, and disrupted market forces.
“The reasons why the price of food soared was because of insecurity as farmers aren’t able to go to farm to carry out their activities.
“So, how do the price comes down when farmers are unable to go farm? Even if they had gone to farm, where is the tractor, fertilizers, and others that will bring bumper harvest for the farmers to sell?.
“The government has started massive food importation, and this will make the economy of the North, which depends on agriculture, to dwindle as many won’t be able to farm to gain any meaningful profit, he said.