Nigeria: OPC laments deaths at free-food points in Ibadan, Abuja, Anambra

The Fredrick Fasehun-led Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has expressed sorrow over the deaths of scores of Nigerians rushing for donated free foodstuffs, calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately declare a state of emergency on food nationwide.

The organization also urged President Tinubu to reconsider his administration’s policies on zero-fuel subsidy, increased electricity tariffs, and high fees in government-owned educational institutions, insisting that…