A former minister of planning and ex-Chairman of the Petroleum Products Prices Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Rasheed Gbadamosi, has said President Buhari has no clue about economic matters and cannot bring Nigeria out of recession.
Gbadamosi also said past governments did not plan for the recession.
Slamming Buhari’s cluelessness on economic matters, he said; “If you had spoken to me about five months ago, I might have been more optimistic. But Buhari has nothing to offer Nigeria when it comes to economic policies. He has no clue when it comes to economic matters. He has no clue. Nigerians should just leave him and let him play the agriculture card.”
Gbadamosi also described the current economic crisis as a bomb waiting to explode.
Adding that “There was a feeling that somehow it would not happen and we would be able to weather the storm but that was not the case. Poor mother Africa was hopeful that the cross would pass over us but it did not seem to be so.
“There was a feeling that Olusegun Obasanjo could have averted such a situation if it happened during his time.
“Nigeria was not prepared It is not just a question of Nigeria saving, we were not totally prepared. I think we threw caution to the wind.
“Look at what happened to some other nations of the world, they had been through this but they weathered the storm. I think Nigerians thought the world owed us a meal, they believed the world owed us a living.”
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