Sanwo-Olu & Tinubu have increased number of lunatics – Rewane
Both President Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu have increased the number of lunatics in Lagos State. This is the belief and argument of an economist, Bismarck Rewane. He attributed the economic hardship as the main reason for the high number of mentally deranged people in the state.
The renowned economist said that the people have been seriously impoverished and pushed to the wall to the extent that “some of them walk across the road even in moving traffic.”
Rewane gave the comment while granting an interview to the Channels Television on Thursday.
He said, “You will notice that on the streets of Lagos in particular, the number of lunatics has increased and part of it is driven by poverty. Many mental health issues. People are pushed to the wall. Some of them walk across the road even in moving traffic.”
He also explained that all the budgetary calculations don’t mean anything in as much as the people are suffering and struggling to make the ends meet. Some policies of the current administration has pushed more Nigerians to the brink of poverty.
Rewane said, “In the end, budgetary arithmetics, budgetary mathematics in economics is of no use to anybody except when by this time, six months’ time, if we are buying rice at N40,000 a bag rather than N60,000 a bag, if we are buying bread N900 a big loaf instead of N1,300 which we are doing today. If we are buying garri at lower prices.
“The people are not interested in whether the budget is balanced and what the debt is. How does it (the budget) affect their day-to-day livelihood? That is the key thing.”
Rewane, analysing the budget proposal, said in the final analysis, the people are not interested in figures but want to feel the impact of the government’s economic policies as many are under pressure.
He added, “And as you know, prices are up and people are under tremendous pressure,” he said, adding that the rate of poverty in the country is driving people mad.”
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