Engr. Abdulauf Adamu, Director of Consultancy Services for Information and Communication Technology at Jigawa State Polytechnic, Kazaure, has faulted comments by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga who dismissed widespread reports of hunger in Nigeria, saying the country’s food crisis is supported by evidence and not political rhetoric.
Recall that while speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday, Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, defended the administration’s economic reforms and dismissed claims of widespread hunger across the country.
He said, “We have been pigeon-holed into certain assumptions and conclusions. It’s like in the early days of this government. Somebody did a voice-over saying that we are hungry. Since then, people have been saying that.
“I am a Nigerian; I have people working for me privately. I don’t see the level of hunger people are talking about because I see them (workers) and I keep asking them questions. How are things? How are they adjusting? What are the problems?,” he added.
Reacting to Onanuga’s remarks on an exclusive interview with DAILY POST on Sunday, Adamu argued that it was wrong to judge the condition of over 220 million Nigerians based on conversations with a few personal employees.
“This is one of the most important governance conversations in Nigeria right now, and it deserves a frank, evidence-based response,” he said.
According to him, he does not agree with Onanuga’s assessment, describing it as empirically indefensible.
“Onanuga’s central argument was that he speaks to people who work for him
