Yari: Non-lazy Nigerians should have food on their tables

Director-General of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, and former Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, says that hardworking  Nigerians should be able to afford food, despite the economic hardship and rising cost of living across the country.
Yari spoke during the APC presidential campaign rally in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where he acknowledged the existence of hunger noting however, that food items remained available in markets.

He said that the absence of food items in markets would constitute hunger, even as the availability of such items meant people could still buy food if they had the financial mussle.

Yari’s remarks came against the backdrop of widespread concerns over the rising cost of food and the pressure of economic hardship on Nigerian households.
Addressing party supporters, on the occasion, Yari asked whether residents of Akwa Ibom had gone to markets with money and returned without being able to purchase food because the items were unavailable, pointing out that,  the availability of food in markets showed that the challenge was not necessarily about food shortage.
His words, “Just as I said, we have hunger. Let me ask a question here. Akwa Ibom people, from where I came from, we have food in the market.
“I don’t know, in Akwa Ibom, is there any person who took his money to the market and found out there’s no rice? You didn’t answer me.
“Is there anybody with money in his pocket who goes to the market to get foodstuffs and says that there’s no foodstuffs in the market?y

“If there’s no food in the market, that’s what we are calling hunger. But anyone who is not a lazy person, definitely he would have food on his table."
Yari further asked whether anyone in the state had experienced difficulty finding basic fo rice, despite having money to make purchases.