A non-partisan umbrella for all southern groups, the Coalition of Southern Groups (CSG), has decried the rising cost of living in West Africa's largest economy, Nigeria.

The group said the 'reforms' embarked on by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu since he assumed office in May 2023 have not really translated into any tangible gains for the Nigerian masses.

According to Vanguard in a report on Sunday, January 5, 2024, chairman of the coalition and a former commissioner in Imo state, Professor Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe, stated that it would be difficult to rig the 2027 presidential election.

His words: “Tinubu’s government for the past one year plus hasn’t really done so much. “Nothing seems to be coming down (in terms of prices of goods). So Nigerians are not really happy about this. The government should change its policies and look at the faces of Nigerians and the way they are suffering.”

Ajumbe added: “2027 will witness another wave. If you rigged in 2023 to become the president, in 2027, it may not be the same tactics because in the military, they say you don’t use the same tactics two times”.