Upah made his stance on the matter very clear during an interview with ARISE NEWS on Friday, when he said, “We are not excited by the 70,000.” He added, “We are sober.”
Further lamenting the agreement and the insignificance of what he believes is a meagre sum, he said, “I do not think what has been offered could be described as victory per se, even as our National leaders are taking what they’ve been told to the appropriate organs this morning for further deliberation or consultation. We are taking this on a note of sombre mood because given the fact of the realities of our economy, 70,000 is not it, it will not be it, and no kind words, no diplomatic language can take the place of the pangs of hunger.”
