Former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has acknowledged the hardship in the country, recalling how a woman in need of N3,000 reportedly called him 30 times.
In a live programme, the ex-minister, who served during the Muhammadu Buhari administration, said: “Yesterday, before I left Ibadan, somebody phoned me from Bauchi and begged me for N1,000. He said he had not eaten for two days.
“Again, about a week ago, somebody also called me, a woman who wanted N3,000. At the time she wanted that money, unbelievably, I didn’t have that money, and the woman called me 30 times in one day.”
He noted that poverty had been weaponised in the country to the extent that when politicians go to the people for votes, they tend to be more interested in what the office seekers can give them rather than what they are capable of doing.
“It’s not my business to douse the poverty of such people calling. So when you go to such people to ask for their votes or support, they don’t care what you’re capable of doing. What they are interested in is what they can get out of you today,” he said
Shittu stated that he currently does not have money because he did not steal while in office.
