During a Tuesday interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Alwan Hassan dismissed opposition claims that Nigerians are suffering from widespread hunger.
“That is opposition rhetoric. People are not that hungry. They should stop lying,” Hassan said, adding that the opposition was using the idea of hunger as a campaign tool to win sympathy rather than reflecting the reality on the ground.
He further explained that Nigerians continue to go about their normal businesses, visit markets, go to work and live their daily lives, a picture he said contradicts the narrative being painted by the opposition.
Hassan’s remarks come amid growing concerns over the rising cost of living in the country and were made just days after Abdulaziz Yari, the director‑general of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, also rejected claims of widespread hunger.
The opposition had described the 2027 election as a contest between President Bola Tinubu and “hungry Nigerians,” a characterization that Hassan has called “opposition rhetoric.”
<small>Source: Daily Post Nigeria — read the original story there.</small>
