By George Mgbeleke <\/p>\n
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) is alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating economic conditions confronting millions of Nigerian families and is therefore calling on the Federal Government and all State Governments to immediately declare a National Family Economic Emergency in response to the suffocating cost of living crisis currently gripping the country.<\/p>\n
Across Nigeria, citizens are being crushed under an unrelenting wave of inflationary pressure marked by constant increases in the prices of essential commodities, petrol, cooking gas, electricity tariffs, transportation costs, and basic food items. These escalating hardships have pushed households to the edge of survival, with millions of families unable to afford basic necessities of life.<\/p>\n
Equally troubling is the widening unemployment crisis, particularly among young Nigerians, alongside stagnant or non-commensurate wages for those still in formal employment. The result is a deepening cycle of poverty, frustration, and economic despair across all regions of the country.<\/p>\n
HURIWA in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko,further observes with grave concern the collapse and inefficiency of key interventionist institutions and ministries established to cushion poverty and vulnerability. These include, but are not limited to, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as the Ministry of Women Affairs, which has shown limited capacity to respond effectively to the scale of national distress currently unfolding.<\/p>\n
The prominent Pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA also decries what it describes as a glaring lack of strategic direction and innovation within critical economic sectors, particularly agriculture and livestock development. The inability of relevant ministries to create an enabling environment for farmers to produce efficiently has continued to undermine food security and deepen inflation in food prices nationwide.<\/p>\n
More alarming is the worsening security situation across the country, which has further crippled agricultural productivity and rural economic activities. Vast territories are increasingly becoming ungoverned spaces, with armed groups and terrorists reportedly imposing levies on farmers before access to farmlands is granted. This dangerous development has effectively disrupted farming cycles, reduced output, and worsened hunger across the nation.<\/p>\n
HURIWA notes that this convergence of economic mismanagement, institutional inefficiency, insecurity, and policy inconsistency has created a national emergency situation that threatens the survival of millions of Nigerian families. The Rights group warns that without urgent, coordinated, and sustainable interventionist policies, Nigeria risks a full-scale collapse of household economies and a deepening humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, HURIWA is calling on the Federal Government and State Governments to urgently adopt extraordinary measures aimed at stabilising prices, expanding social protection, restoring security in farming communities, revitalising agricultural productivity, and ensuring that economic policies directly translate into relief for suffering citizens.<\/p>\n
HURIWA insists that the time for rhetoric has passed. What Nigeria urgently needs is decisive leadership anchored on compassion, competence, and emergency economic thinking to prevent millions of families from sinking further into multidimensional poverty.<\/p>\n
Now is the time to act. Now is the time to rescue Nigerian families from economic suffocation and restore hope to a nation under pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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