A leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has warned the Federal Government, led by the All Progressives Congress (APC), not to assume that Nigerians are gullible and cannot react.
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Speaking on Politics Today on Channels Television on Thursday after opposition parties rejected the Electoral Act 2026, Galadima warned that Nigerians may strongly express their anger at the ballot box in 2027 if economic hardship and insecurity persist under the current administration.
Galadima compared the current situation to the general elections in 2015, pointing out that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan was overthrown at a time when, in his opinion, the North-East was far less insecure than it is now.
“They should remember and know better that when things got to less than 10 per cent of the situation we find ourselves in 2015, Nigerians rose to the occasion and removed that government,” he said, referring to the Jonathan administration.
“If you can remove Jonathan’s government for a simple insecurity in the Northeast, what would you be doing to the APC government? I think we have to cut them into pieces,” Galadima added.
Galadima cautioned authorities against underestimating public frustration, citing cases of arrests linked to public commentary.
“Look at young men in Kano who go to the radio to make an opinion. They have been arrested and sent to jail. Sometimes tried in the night by judges who are forced to jail them,” he said.
Galadima added that such actions could fuel wider discontent if not addressed.
“This, now things start small, small. You don’t know how they can blossom and become something else. They shouldn’t play. They shouldn’t presume that Nigerians are gullible and that they cannot react,” he said.
Galadima accused the Federal Government of deliberately weakening the agricultural sector through import policies and high production costs, particularly the rising price of fertiliser.
“This government has killed agriculture deliberately, disenfranchising farmers who are 75 per cent of the Nigerian population. You have to buy a bag of fertiliser for 60,000 naira to 70,000 naira,” he said.
“They killed the agriculture because they are the enemies of the people. By importing massively and without assisting the farmers. All over the world, governments subsidize farming to give their citizens a role to play in the economy. In this case, it was deliberate.”
Rejecting the administration’s claim that economic hardship is easing, Galadima said farming activity in rural areas was declining.
“How can you disenfranchise 75 per cent of your population for the interest of one contractor or one supporter? The massive importation of grains,” he said.
He added that during a recent visit to Maiduguri, farming activity was noticeably low.
“Now this year I travelled to Maiduguri… there is nobody doing any dry farming. Let the government send researchers to find out now. If there is no famine, all the rice mills — over 1,000 of them established during Buhari’s time — will be killed,” he said.
“Over 1,000 rice mills were established in this country. They have now grounded them all. None of them is working. Let him tell me which one of them is working. Is that a plus to the economy or a minus?”
Responding to APC spokesperson Felix Morka who claimed the economy was doing better, Galadima dismissed the claims.
“I don’t think Mr. Felix Morka is living in this country. He doesn’t know what is happening. He’s living in an air-conditioned room in Abuja hotel.
“Me that you see me, I have never even been a councillor. So I never tasted power. So I don’t know how sweet it is and I don’t need to know. I don’t need it. I’m comfortable on the farm,” Galadima said.
Galadima challenged the APC spokesperson’s claim that the economy was performing better than in 30 years.
“The statistics did not support his position that this economy runs better in the last 30 years than any government. When they took over, naira was 400 and something to a dollar. How much is it today? 1,500,” he stated.
Galadima’s comments came after opposition parties, including the ADC and NNPP, met at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on Thursday to reject the Electoral Act 2026 recently signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.
At the centre of the dispute is Section 60 sub 3, which permits manual transmission of results where electronic systems fail — a clause the opposition says could weaken transparency ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The NNPP National Chairman, Ajuji Ahmed, who read a statement on behalf of the coalition, said: “The National Assembly failed in its duty to act in the interest of the country and its citizens. This 10th Assembly acted solely in their narrow and selfish interests.
“It is obvious that the objective of the APC government and their accomplices in the legislature is to provide the legal pretext for the corruption of the electoral system.”
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