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President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons why his administration has resulted in borrowing since coming to power in 2015.

According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President said the strategic reason for the borrowings was to provide the infrastructure that would make the country attractive to investors.

“We have so many challenges with infrastructure. We just have to take loans to do roads, rail and power, so that investors will find us attractive and come here to put their money,’’ the President said after listening to a presentation by PEAC chaired by Professor Ayo Salami.

He regretted the failure to provide infrastructure for effective transportation deprived the country of its well-deserved status as the West African hub for Air cargo transportation and trans-shipment of goods.

On the issue of the economy, Buhari noted the challenges posed by the “collapse of the oil market” and the decision of the government to abide by the reduced oil production quota allocated by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

“We have to accept that decision; otherwise they (Middle-East producers) can flood the market and make the product unviable. So we have cooperated with what we get. With oil, we are in a difficult situation. The politics of oil is that the less you produce, the less you earn,” he said.

Buhari also stressed the position of agriculture in the government’s scheme to reduce joblessness and poverty.

“For us to bounce back to productivity, especially in agriculture, the unemployed with many of them uneducated had to be persuaded to go into agriculture.

‘‘If we hadn’t gone back to the lands we would have been in trouble by now. That is why we virtually stopped the importation of food thereby saving jobs and foreign exchange.”

The President also broached the issue of COVID-19 pandemic and how it necessitated the recent government policies as they relate to energy (electricity) and fuel.

He said the Federal government took such decisions because it places the country above politics.

‘‘We are lucky we went back to the land. We eat what we produce. We are doing our best to secure the country and provide infrastructure for investment to be viable in the country,” he said.

Commending Chairman and the members of the council for their patriotism and service to the nation, Buhari pledged to continue to draw from their wisdom, knowledge and experiences as the nation deals with challenging economic times.

 

 

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  1. Dafena gragra

    September 16, 2020 at 3:33 pm

    Don’t listen to this liar Garba shehu and buhari,he is a liar and a big liar with buhari,the major reasons for increase of electricity and fuel is to enable them pay back those loans taken and stolen by the same thieves surrounding buhari,the executive, legislative arms of government from state to federal including the judiciary and ministers to all federal and state agencies are professional executive thieves,they have stolen everything belonging to nigerians,buhari is a big liar,he does not know what is going on in his government,he joined the thieves to loot and buried his anticorruption fight,NASS looted NDDC and he carpet it probe,NNPC looted and he carpet it probe,where is ikoyi $43million dollar,he carpet it and divert it to his personal,where is maina the pension fraud,he carpet it even when maina son pointed gun at DSS,the great loot at North East development commission,he carpet it,,even his own son #35million naira bike he carpet it,who owned etisalat,Abuja Islamic Bank and some others banks he carpet them all,Nigerians must rise and say no to electricity/fuel increase,the increase was done only to force the paying back on the poor man,this is wickedness of buhari government. october 1st,Nigerians must come out in a Massive protest and say no to this evil act against Nigerians.

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