Former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, in this interview with ROTIMI AGBOLUAJE, spoke on how the Supreme Court contradicted itself on local government autonomy, and solutions to the food crisis that led to widespread protest in Nigeria.
What do you have to say on the hardship protests?
Nigerians have the right to complain because this is a democracy – the government of the people, by the people and for the people. And in his June 12 speech, the President quoted Franklin Roosevelt as saying that the best form of government is democracy. But he conveniently forgot that Roosevelt also said four things that democracy must give you are: ‘freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.’
