Young Progressives Party (YPP) presidential candidate Peter Agada has criticized the federal government’s proposed 90-day programme to ease the cost of living, describing it as an election-season promise that requires clearer implementation details.
Agada spoke in Abuja after Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele announced that the National Executive Council had approved a 90-day intervention plan. The opposition candidate argued that previous government announcements had not delivered sufficient relief to households and businesses.
He cited earlier proposals involving manufacturing support, grants for small businesses, food distribution, agricultural financing and compressed natural gas initiatives, alleging that implementation had fallen short of expectations. Those claims were not independently assessed in the material provided.
Agada questioned whether a programme with a 90-day timetable could produce meaningful relief before the election, and challenged the government to explain how its measures would affect food prices and household purchasing power.
He promoted an alternative he called a Labour-Direct, ward-to-ward development strategy, claiming it could distribute economic support more rapidly. The financial feasibility and operational details of that proposal were not supplied.
The debate places renewed scrutiny on the timing, funding and measurable outcomes of economic interventions as political parties compete to persuade voters facing persistent pressure on living costs.
