The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to initiate the importation of food as a measure to alleviate the hardship caused by the skyrocketing prices of food commodities across the country.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the President of TUC, Festus Osifo, highlighted the unprecedented level of hardship experienced by Nigerians, surpassing even the challenges witnessed during military regimes.
Osifo attributed the current difficulties to various factors, including the government’s inadequate support for locally produced goods and services and a lack of competent leadership.
He urged governments at all levels to procure sufficient quantities of food items from different parts of the world and distribute them to vulnerable Nigerians. Osifo stressed that importing food would help alleviate the hyper-inflation of food prices in the country.
“Nigerians must live to see tomorrow before we can understand how beautiful government policy is. The national pride in striving to achieve food sufficiency locally should be temporarily relaxed.
“Governments at all levels should immediately purchase sufficient quantities of food items from different parts of the world and share them with vulnerable Nigerians.
“Importing food abroad at this point will help reduce the hyper-inflation of food in the country. FG should allow the importation of food items for Nigerian consumption within the next two weeks,” he said.
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