Joe Igbokwe, a staunch supporter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) based in Lagos state, has alleged that those who will rescue Nigeria have not been born.

Igbokwe made this assertion while commenting on the food crisis, inflation and economic hardship.

In a post shared on his Facebook page on Friday, September 27, Igbokwe lamented that a bag of rice now costs N100,000.

“With all the rice mills we have in Nigeria, my wife just told me that a bag of rice is now ₦100k plus. Without sounding immodest, I am constrained to say that the men and women that will rescue this country from self-inflicted pains and tears are not born yet,” he wrote.

As reportedly by Daily Trust, Igbokwe, who served under virtually every Lagos governor since 1999, has recently been critical of some policies of the Tinubu administration, marking a departure of what he stood for.

Two weeks ago, he lamented over the hike in electricity tariff, asking Tinubu to look into it.

The APC chieftain noted that if not reversed, the development will negatively impact businesses in Nigeria.

SaharaReporters also confirmed the development in its publication on Saturday, September 28.