APC Presidential Campaign Council Director-General Abdulaziz Yari says hunger persists in Nigeria but argues that hardworking, non-lazy people should be able to put food on their tables. Speaking at APC rallies, he ties the presence of food in markets to the idea that those who are willing to work can access food, while defining hunger as empty markets.
Outlets report his remarks as part of campaigning supporting President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid. Nigerian Eye and Vanguard emphasize the claim that non-lazy Nigerians will have food on their tables, while Nigerian Eye also includes Yari questioning whether people with money went to markets and found no food. Nigerian Eye further places the statements in the wider political context of public concern about food prices and economic hardship.
The Punch covers the same message, framed as Yari’s view that hardworking Nigerians should have food. Daily Post Nigeria leads with the sharper formulation that people are hungry because they are lazy, reflecting how headlines can heighten the focus on personal responsibility rather than broader economic causes.
