Ezekwesili Knocks Buhari’s Govt For Celebrating Bailout To States

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, has mocked the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for celebrating the bailout given to states that cannot pay salaries.

Ezekwesili, a former minister of education, who spoke at the ACPN press conference in Lagos on Monday, decried the rate of unemployment and underemployment in the country.

According to her, Buhari’s legacy is the destruction of Nigeria’s wealth.

She said, “Let us talk about the present administration; what is the primary legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari? It is the destruction of our nation’s wealth — presiding over the worse economic recession Nigeria has seen in decades.

“Even now that the economy has come out of recession, the growth is as sluggish as its government. Four out of every 10 adults are either unemployed or underemployed and Nigeria is now the poverty capital of the world.

“In the midst of this, its vice-president was celebrating last week at the Nigerian Economic Summit (NES24) that handing bailouts to state governors who cannot pay salaries is an achievement.

“Wow, what a big shame, what a colossal shame!”.