Activist and lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam, took a swipe at Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday the 28th of October, 2025, over his recent claim that hunger no longer exists in Nigeria.
Akpabio had appealed to Nigerians overseas, urging them to return home because there is “no more hunger.”
Idam said the statement mocked citizens battling hardship.
In a statement, he argued that: “His comment that hunger was over, and that Nigerians abroad should return home, is yet another unguarded and insensitive mockery of the majority of citizens who are grappling, pensively, with the harsh realities of survival in the country.
“The Senate President must not keep reminding Nigerians of the obvious that he is totally disconnected from the realities of everyday life in this country.
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“We know he lives miles away from the average Nigerian’s living condition, but that should not be rubbed in our faces.
“Such unguided statements are not only provocative; they are also dehumanizing and humiliating to the sensibilities of the multitude of Nigerians who are facing real-time economic hardship a direct consequence of poor management of the economy.
“Those whose stomachs are full should not assume they are smarter than others who are hungry.”