Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, has attributed the current hardship occasioned by fuel and naira scarcity to the activities of saboteurs.
Gbajabiamila made this known in Lagos on Tuesday, during the launching of the second phase of a transport initiative called ‘Gbaja Ride’, designed to empower his Surulere constituents.
He pointed out that the fuel crisis and the lingering scarcity of naira notes were carefully contrived by some elements to derail the successes of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to achieve political motive.
He said the House of Representatives was working hard to rescue citizens from the current hardships towards bringing relief as soon as possible.
‘As your representative and Speaker, I have a good understanding of the current hardships and discomfort being faced by many Nigerians, without exception to my constituents.’
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‘The lower legislative chamber under my leadership has been on the side of the people, working tirelessly to rescue them from these difficulties.
“I am glad that the judiciary has also confirmed our position on the implementation of the policy of naira redesign’
He said the naira swap policy was a well-thought-out one, which had unfortunately been hijacked and politicised.
He alleged that some elements had created crisis around the policy just to stop the All Progressives Congress(APC ) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, from winning the presidential election.
He said the plot seemed to be failing as Nigerians were still keeping faith with the APC and Tinubu in spite of what they were going through.
‘Nobody can convince me that it is not a plot to stop Asiwaju from becoming the president of this country.
‘But I am glad that our God is a wonderful being, as the plot these people sat together to hatch he has intervened.
‘I have followed the campaign team to the East, North, and everywhere with Asiwaju and I doff my hat for Nigerians.’
Gbajabiamila urged Nigerians to cast their votes for Tinubu on the 25th of February, saying he would not disappoint Nigerians if elected.
He said none of the candidates vying for the presidency had the capacity or competence to lead the country, except Tinubu.