Ace legal practitioner and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has lambasted the Federal Government of for failing to address challenges of poverty, insecurity and other vices currently rocking the nation.
He said this yesterday at the second Annual Public Lecture entitled, ‘Development- How it begins with you’, organised by Platform for Development in Ibadan.
Falana who was represented by an activist, Mr. Femi Aborishade, on the occasion, bemoaned the rate at which the country is retrogressing while its leaders live extravagant lives.
According to him, China lifted its citizens from poverty to prosperity, saying that but the reverse is the case for Nigeria.
His words, “It is common knowledge that the rich in Nigeria flock India for medical check-up and treatment on a regular basis. It is only in Nigeria that those in government seek medical treatment abroad because the hospitals are in bad shape.”
He also added that the security situation in the land was nothing to write home about.
He stated, “The citizens remain under the fear of insecurity. There is surge in crime and terrorism.
“In governance there is looting of the treasury on a daily basis. The news media churn out tales of unrestrained corruption and gross impunity in the corridors of power at the federal, state and local government levels.
“Public infrastructure are in a state of disrepair while the funds budgeted for maintenance are carted away into accounts overseas. The culture of corruption spreads virtually to every aspect of national life.
Comments