Nigerians React As Moghalu Claims It’s ‘Criminal’ To Hoard Covid-19 Palliatives In Warehouses

By Wondrous NNAEMEKA On Oct 24, 2020

Former presidential aspirant, Kingsley Moghalu, on Saturday, said that the reported discoveries of huge Covid-19 palliatives in government warehouses in some states falls short of good governance.

He said food items ought to have been disbursed to the vulnerable population who were grievously impacted by the covid-19 lockdown.

He wrote on Twitter : “Reports of the discovery in Nigeria of ‘Covid warehouses’ with palliatives on which billions of naira were budgeted and spent, hoarded and undisbursed to citizens, tells us that much about ‘governance’ in our country is simply a glorified criminal enterprise.”

THE WHISTLER earlier reported that youths in Ede town, Osun State, Lagos and Kwara States had broken into the COVID-19 palliatives warehouse to cart away food items.

But people who reacted to his tweet had divergent views on the matter.

Some claimed that he shouldn’t have jumped to conclusion as respective governments were not done distributing the palliatives.

Others held the view that he should have been silent on the matter.

However, others backed Moghalu’s claim on the insensitivity of government.

Below are the reactions:

Reports of the discovery in Nigeria of "Covid warehouses" with palliatives on which billions of naira were budgeted and spent, hoarded and undisbursed to citizens, tells us that much about "governance" in our country is simply a glorified criminal enterprise.
— Kingsley Moghalu (@MoghaluKingsley) October 24, 2020

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As a prof and an enlightened person you should no when to play politics and when to soliloquise.
Political window is closed this is a sober reflection time,live political criticism and face real issue of the arsonists.
Remember you stormed out of your consensus candidate meeting
— okanlawon lekan (@okanlawonlekan) October 24, 2020

As our "Role Model" young people are looking up to, you would have investigated that in Lagos those Covid-19 palliatives was delivered late September 2020 and Mr. Governor has commenced distribution to the low level Lagosians. Pls investigate
— Ibrahim Taiwo ALAO (@alaotibru) October 24, 2020

We had covid lockdown between March to June or July, and you're telling me palliatives was delivered late September 2020, which part of the world was it imported from?That's how you ask my street to write our names since April for palliative. Yeye people &government.
— dan (@dan80606033) October 24, 2020

From another angle, the covid response isn't over; and immediate exhaustion of palliative stock wouldn't be strategic. There has to be "surge capacity".
— Olóyè godfather Olúọmọ (@azeelyon) October 24, 2020

I don't get this wicked line of thought. Was there any indication that the government was going to distribute any further palliative? These are people who depleted the Sovereign Wealth Funds that they can't save for the future when they have to meet the need now.
— Chukwuemeka (@One_NewMan) October 24, 2020

Absolutely! Criminal organisation called government pic.twitter.com/ULbL5zOxvv
— Galactic???????????? (@KarlMarx55) October 24, 2020

The refusal to distribute Covid-19 palliatives by some state govts at the peak of the scourge and hoarding same, is weaknesses and devilish. They lack the moral justification to arrest and try surpose looters. It's a shame we are still seeing things like this in this country.
— Sunnyblue (@sunnysatsystems) October 24, 2020

The plan is to rebag the rice and sell the to rice dealers, same withe the indomie, spaghetti and sugar…. We know this things, no be today.
— Oasis (@OasisInTheSouth) October 24, 2020

They're storing it to use as election give away.

Governance in Nigeria is at its lowest ebb.

Every nonsense has an expiry date
— Timgold Thomas (@Timgold29825112) October 24, 2020

I don't think it's a governance issue but deep seated corruption and wickedness of Nigerian government workers, who take advantage of the position they're in to serve their selfish interests

I think u ought to tell us ways you will deal with this rather than tag govt
— Jeremy (@VictorDonJer) October 24, 2020

The ONLY issue Nigeria has ever had is the mismanagement of national, natural and human resources, youths demanded good management of these resources and they were meted with brutality and death.

The covid warehouses discoveries is only a flame
— Olufemi S. Oludotun (@Somidotun7) October 24, 2020

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