Nigeria feels like purgatory, no light, food is low, pocket is dry: Pat Utomi
Professor of political economy and former presidential aspirant under the Labour Party, Pat Utomi, has likened the nationwide hardship that currently plagues the country to being in purgatory.
“You pinch yourself to be sure you are alive and not in Purgatory,” Mr Utomi wrote on his X account, lamenting the lack of basic amenities that characterises the steady slide of millions of Nigerians into hunger and abject poverty.
Recent heat waves across the country and worsening epileptic power supply, according to Mr Utomi, continue to make life a living hell for citizens.
“The heat comes like parcel from Hell. There is No Power Always. Generator 1 and 2 have broken down so you cannot also pump water. Food is low and pocket dry. What do you deliberately sacrifice for Lent,” he added.
Mr Utomi is the latest respected figure to lend his voice to the growing public outrage and condemnation of President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies.
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