‘Some elites order Pizza from London’; APC Chair Oyegun says, Claims Buhari inherited ‘prostrate economy’ from Jonathan

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has blamed the former President Jonathan administration for the current dismal state of the Economy in Nigeria. The party chair who held an interactive session with journalists at the APC headquarters in Abuja on Monday said that consumption habits of Nigerians has to change. He, Chief Oyegun said:
“I think that many Nigerians understand why things are the way they are and that the Buhari administration has inherited a prostrate economy. Not just that, nobody envisaged that there will be a near total collapse of the price of crude and when you juxtapose that with our consumption habit, when we tend import everything in quantity from toothpicks to the choicest champagne, all these products do put pressure on the foreign exchange stock of the nation and all of this has given rise to all the issues that are being dealt with by the president’s team.
But one needs to emphasize that as a nation, we got used to excessive consumption. We are not a producing nation. Virtually everything we have is imported, there is even a joke that some of our elites order pizza and such other things all the way from London.”
He said his party is aware of the tough times Nigerians are facing blaming the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He assured things will be better soon.
“Our party is very aware of the hardships that the mis-governance of the last 16 years has plunge this country. We are very aware of the hard and tough times that a lot of Nigerians are going through. Apart from the party, let me also say that it is the main concern of Mr. President. He is fully aware of the tough times that people are going through. And I want to give the assurance that everything is being done to better the economy and ameliorate the deprivation that people are going through.” Chief Oyegun said.

“We have to turn from a consuming nation to a producing nation. We consume because oil was there at a hundred plus naira per barrel so money was all over the place but that is no longer the situation and so we must have to adjust to the new reality as a people and as a nation.”
He said the Buhari led government is clearing the ‘debris’. He said that the war against corruption is a priority but the process of rebuilding the economy is also in full swing
“The president inherited a collapsed economy. You cannot start rebuilding a collapsed economy without clearing the debris and what we are doing today, is clearing the debris and at the same time; because when we listen to the radio, they say that all that is being done is war against corruption, but at the same time, the work of rebuilding and reconstruction of the Nigerian economy is rapidly in progress and I want to assure you that there will be plenty of successes in the next few months. But I keep underscoring this that there is no quick fix, there is no automatic solution but the project are being concluded and things will get better in the next few months. The party is aware and very conscious and sympathetic but it is a situation we did not create, it is a situation the government is managing but the good news is that there will be smiles tomorrow but we must be able to put up with current deprivation which has become inevitable.”

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