Nigeria better under Osinbajo – Ex-Lawmaker

Senator Kanti Bello, a former Senate Majority Whip, has said the country gets better each time Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is in the saddle.

Speaking in an interview, the former member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said the country had collapsed under President Muhammadu Buhari.
He also expressed disappointment at the All Progressives Congress-led government saying he had thought their reign would make the country better.

“We thank the acting president, because each time he comes in, there seems to be some improvements in the way things are done. We don’t know why it is happening that way. Maybe it is his luck, but there are some little improvements.

“Power generation and transmission is one of the problems met by Buhari. Up till today, how much are we generating?

“4,000 megawatts? It hasn’t gone beyond that! Is it not a disgrace for a government that is supposed to be moving forward? Up till now, our factories, our industries are dead, our people are poorer.

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“Look at our economy, it has been so bad; the exchange rate, they say it has been improving. Improving? From N160 to a dollar, now it is N368 to a dollar. Is that an improvement? Two years ago, it was N160 to the dollar. Is that something to be proud of? It reached almost N500.

“I will be frank with you. This is the first interview I am giving in the last two years. I have decided to be quiet.

“The reason is simple: this is our government and I contributed a lot for the government to be formed, both at the state and national level. I did it not for personal gain, but I thought it would be the government that would assist the ordinary people; a government that will turn round the economy,” he said.