In one year, Buhari/APC ruined Nigeria’s economy ---Fayose
(Nigeria) Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has
lamented that in just one year of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
government of President Mohammadu Buhari, the country’s economy was ruined so
much that States could no longer pay workers’ salaries, millions of jobs were
lost, prices of essential commodities skyrocketed to the extent that Nigerians
could no longer afford common tomato to cook and the middle class wiped away
completely.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said; “Despite President Buhari’s
electoral promise to reduce petrol pump price from the N87 per litre that he
met it and make life more bearable for Nigerians, he increased the price of
petrol to N145, increased electricity tariff in spite of lack of power supply.”He
said; “food scarcity last experienced when Buhari was military Head of State
between 1983 and 1985 has returned to the country, with Nigerians being unable
to feed.”
The governor who said Nigerians should remove party, ethnic
and religious sentiments and ask themselves what they have benefitted in the
last one year, reminded Nigerians that “Foreign Reserve was $28.6 billion,
Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $2.07 billion was less than N200, petrol was N87
per litre and most importantly, one bag of rice was N8, 500 and power
generation was over 5,000MW when Buhari assumed office.
The statement read in part, “Today, power generation is less
than 1,400, Foreign Reserve has reduced to $26.5 billion, dollar is now over
N350, petrol has increased to N145 per litre and one bag of rice is now over
N15, 000.
“I read the president’s speech and all that I saw was a
president still sounding like he was campaigning for votes more than one year after
winning election. It is disappointing that the President’s speech was once
again about promises, not about what has been done.
“Not even a mention of one kilometre of road tarred by this administration,
no single job was created except the ones created in Central Bank of Nigeria
for their cronnies and children, not a single megawatt of electricity
generated. This is shameful.
“The reward Buhari gave to Nigerians for electing as
president was to increase petrol pump price by N58.50 and get the Vice
President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to justify the increment by saying Nigeria was
broke.
“In other words, President Buhari increased petrol pump
price because the country was broke and it needed to shore up its revenue base.
The N58.50 added to the previous pump price of N86.50 was an Indirect Tax imposed
on each litre of petrol purchased by Nigerians.
“It is even more worrisome that we have a presidency that is
not coordinated. The president says one thing; his vice says another while his
ministers also singing discordant tunes. This is a clear sign of cluelessness
and unpreparedness for governance.
“I cannot but agree with the position of former President
Olusegun Obasanjo, Obiageli Ezekwesili and others that President Buhari has no clue
economically. The situation of Nigeria today is like the visually impaired
leading those who can see. But I warned Nigerians, and I am still warning
Nigerians now that as it happened in 1984 when our President was a military
Head of State, the economy of Nigeria may collapse.
“Therefore, as we look forward to the end of the honeymoon
of Buhari’s presidency, I wish to state that if supposed men of honour are
going underground because of possible harassment and intimidation, I, Peter Ayodele
Fayose will not; because this is our fatherland.
“Most importantly, those regarding President Buhari as a
saint should know that he is not. The president is not also the Almighty God
that cannot be questioned. After all, the beauty of democracy is in credible
opposition.
“Today, I have expressed my mind concerning the one year of
Buhari’s presidency as I did before the election. This I have done basically to
remind Nigerians that I told them then, and it is happening now. May God be with the President and bless
Nigeria.”
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