Hunger yet to defect from Nigeria – Makinde

Makinde

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said the most important defection in Nigeria has yet to take place — the defection of hunger and poverty from the country.

In his bi-monthly newsletter released on Thursday, Makinde said while the recent wave of defections by some Peoples Democratic Party governors to the All Progressives Congress had generated public debate, Nigerians should be more concerned about when economic hardship “defects” from their lives.

“I am sure many of you have been following the recent defections of politicians — especially the governors who have left the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress and other parties.

“With these defections, political pundits have been busy reading meanings into every handshake and silence. I have watched as our national conversation once again turns to who is moving rather than what is moving.

“For me, the only defection that truly matters is the one that has not happened yet — the defection of hunger,” he said.

He lamented that families are being forced to make impossible choices daily while political realignments dominate the news.

“When I was asked about this wave of political cross-carpeting in a recent press conference, I said, “I will only be moved when hunger defects into the APC.” I meant every word of it. Punch