Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged Nigeria to restore electricity to Niger Republic because it is bringing untold hardship to the citizens of the country.
In a now-deleted Twitter post at the weekend, titled: ‘Does Killing Nigerien Babies Bring Glory to Our Name?’, Fani-Kayode said there is inflation in the West African nation, residents are unable to access cash easily, and people are living in the dark.
He lamented the reported deaths of at least 40 innocent babies in Niger and other humanitarian issues because hospitals are unable to power their incubators and other life-supporting equipment.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain wondered how Nigeria could inflict such damage and unleash such wickedness and misfortune on innocent people who live just across the border.
He, therefore, urged President Bola Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to restore electricity to Niger Republic.
The post partly reads: “Cutting off electricity to that nation is bringing death, suffering and hardship more to the women and children than to their government officials and members of the newly installed military junta.
“How can we as a nation inflict such damage and unleash such wickedness and misfortune on innocent people who live just across the border from us and who are essentially our people, too?
“This is unacceptable, and especially so given the fact that we are not at war with Niger, and the overwhelming majority of our people regard them as our brothers.
“This begs the question: Is this the way to treat our African neighbours and brothers even whilst we lay claim to seeking and preferring a diplomatic solution to the crisis? Methinks not!”
