President Bola Tinubu has spoken his mind about the cause of series of deaths resulting from stampede at charity events recently.
Within a space of four days, 74 people died in stampedes that occurred while struggling to collect handouts.
Thirty-five children in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, 29 in Okija, Anambra State, while 10 deaths were recorded in FCT.
Opinion is rife that untold hardship imposed by President Bola Tinubu-led administration’s economic reforms had a hand in the unfortunate incidents.
Weighing in on the debate during the Presidential Media Chat, Tinubu said the incidents were caused by indiscipline and gaffe on the part of organisers.
“To me, I see this as a very grave error on the part of the organisers.
“Are we looking at it from the organisers point of view or from the goodwill gesture of the people trying to give what they have as extra?
“Sadly, people are not very well organised, we just have to be more disciplined in our society. Condolences to those who lost family members, but it is good to give. I have been giving out food stuff and commodities, including envelopes in Bourdillion for the past 25 years; I have never experienced this kind of incident because we are organised and prone to discipline.
“If you don’t have enough to give, don’t attempt to give or publicise it. Every society has food banks and hungry people. They are organised; they take tokens to be in line and take turns to collect. It is unfortunate. It is reflected at our bus stops, we don’t want to queue, so we rush to board vehicles. We continue to learn from our mistakes,” he said.
