Buhari with Ministers of Budget, Finance, and the
Governor of the Central Bank.
Ado Ekiti — Ekiti
State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has described President Muhammadu
Buhari's latest comment that he was pleased with Nigeria's economic
situation as a pointer to the fact that he has lost touch with the
economic realities in the country He said it was that the president
would say that he was pleased with sufferings being experienced by his
people.
In a statement
issued yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and
New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said it was obvious that
President Buhari's close to three months stay in London had taken his
mind off the reality of the economic crises being witnessed in the
country.
Fayose, who said
economic growth of a nation can only be measured by the welfare of the
people, asked: "How can a President who has spent more time abroad than
he spent in Nigeria be telling Nigerians that he is satisfied with the
sufferings of the people? It is like the President endorsing the
sufferings of Nigerians and this is painful."
"That President
Buhari, who met exchange rate at N197 to $1 said that he is pleased with
the economy when exchange rate is now N370 to $1 is a clear indication
that the government is being ran on his behalf."
"The National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its unemployment report for the fourth
quarter (Q4) 2016 said 3.67 million Nigerians became
jobless in one year
and that the number of unemployed Nigerians rose from 7.51 million at
the beginning of October 2015 to 11.19 million at the end of September
2016.
"The same NBS, said
in its June 2015 to May 2016 National Corruption Report, that over N400
billion was paid as bribes to public officials in Nigeria in one year
(June 2015 to May 2016). Yet, they will tell Nigerians that they are
fighting corruption when indeed, corruption is thriving under the All
Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Buhari.
"As at May 29, 2015
that Buhari became President, bag of rice was less than N8,000, a bag
of rice is about N18,000 now, more than 25 states cannot pay workers
salary regularly owing to dwindled revenue from the federation account,
and someone is telling Nigerians that the economy is doing well? It is
clear that the President has lost touch with real economic situation of
the country," the governor said further.
While insisting
that the president was not telling Nigerians the truth on the economic
situation of the country, Fayose said, "Even a two year old child knows
that there is hunger in the land, Nigerians are hungry, they are
suffering and telling them that all is well is like adding salt to their
injury."
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