{"id":172480,"date":"2025-08-05T08:37:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/falana-claims-tinubu-wiped-out-nigerias-middle-class"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:14:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:14:30","slug":"falana-claims-tinubu-wiped-out-nigerias-middle-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/falana-claims-tinubu-wiped-out-nigerias-middle-class","title":{"rendered":"Falana Claims Tinubu Wiped Out Nigeria&#8217;s Middle Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has claimed that the middle class no longer exits under President Bola Tinubu\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>Falana also questioned Tinubu\u2019s economic reforms, warning that his \u201charsh neoliberal policies\u201d have only seen a hike in poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Monday, the human rights lawyer also claimed that Tinubu has handed Nigeria\u2019s resources to a few people.<\/p>\n<p>According to Falana, this has led to income inequality in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cYou cannot be addressing income inequality in a country while handing over the nation\u2019s resources to a few people in the name of privatisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost Nigerians cannot afford three square meals a day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe middle class has been wiped out by the neoliberal policies of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Falana has now warned that \u201cit is in the interest of the government to review its policies as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has claimed that the middle class no longer exits under President Bola Tinubu\u2019s government. Falana also questioned Tinubu\u2019s economic reforms, warning that his \u201charsh neoliberal policies\u201d have only seen a hike in poverty. 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