Former governor of Ekiti State now APC Deputy National Chairman,
(South), Segun Oni, says Nigeria would have packed up by now if
President Buhari had not come into office last year. He said this in a
recent interview with Vanguard. Oni made the comment while reacting to
insinuations that President Buhari and the APC are clueless on how to
revive the ailing economy.
"Well, the public is right to expect that we would do magic, but the
right thing is, there is no magic way out of the problems on ground for
Nigeria. The economy was traumatized by a government whose only agenda
was to win another round. Therefore, everything that they could put into
trying to win a second round even bastardising the economy were all
done, and we are all here now.
Fortunately for them, I
would say they are not there any longer. The reality on ground is that
if the previous Government were in power, by now, Nigeria would have
virtually packed up; may be many of us would be refugees by now. So, it
is very easy not to remember where we are coming from. Yes, we were
elected to do the impossible, we will do our own best. I just want to
plead that people should give us more realistic expectations. This
economy must work, we must get Nigeria back, but it is not as quick as
anybody could imagine or just by a touch of the hand. So, people are
entitled to their expectations, we as a government, we will do our best
to ensure that the end would justify this cause. We were not elected to
run Nigeria for one year or two years; we were elected to run Nigeria
for four years and before we get to an appreciable length of time I am
sure, I am confident that we would begin to see very, very obvious
changes"he said
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