The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has lamented that Nigerians have become scavengers due to the rising economic hardship in the country.
Ajaero said this at the 11th quadrennial delegates conference of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.
Several incidents of attacks and looting of warehouses and food trucks have been reported in many cities against the backdrop of the hardship and the cost of living crisis in the country.
Last week, some youths stole food items from trucks stuck in traffic along Kaduna Road in the Suleja area of Niger State.
The attackers reportedly overwhelmed the truck drivers and stole bags of rice before they were dispersed by soldiers.
On Sunday, the Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration confirmed the looting of its warehouse in Dei-Dei area of the FCT.
Ajaero, however, noted that the government must fulfil its promises and responsibilities to Nigerians instead of pretending to be deaf to the plea of the people.
The NLC president said, “Food has become so scarce that Nigerians have become scavengers and resorting to raiding food trucks and warehouses for food.
“f those in government cannot see the danger in what is happening, we see it and must ensure that the government fulfils its duties to the people.
“We are increasingly going hungry in our father’s land and cannot continue in this destitution. The greatest unifier and mobiliser of people is hunger. It insults common sense when those in government assume that somebody is sponsoring people who are protesting because of hunger.”
