Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described President
\nMuhammadu Buhari\u2019s latest comment that he was pleased with Nigeria\u2019s
\neconomic situation as another pointer to the fact that the President
\nhas lost touch with the economic realities in the country, saying; \u201cIt
\nis strange that a President will say that he is pleased with
\nsufferings being experienced by his people.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement issued\u00a0on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>, by his Special Assistant on Public Governor Fayose, who said economic growth of a nation can only be \u201cThat President Buhari, who met exchange rate at N197 to $1 said that \u201cThe National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its unemployment report \u201cThe same NBS, said in its June 2015 to May 2016 National Corruption \u201cAs at May 29, 2015 that Buhari became President, bag of rice was less While insisting that the President was not telling Nigerians the truth Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s latest comment that he was pleased with Nigeria\u2019s economic situation as another pointer to the fact that the President…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCommunications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said it
\nwas obvious that President Buhari\u2019s close to three months stay in
\nLondon had taken his mind off the reality of the economic crises being
\nwitnessed in the country.<\/p>\n
\nmeasured by the welfare of the people, asked; \u201cHow can a President who
\nhas spent more time abroad than he spent in Nigeria be telling
\nNigerians that he is satisfied with the sufferings of the people? It
\nis like the President endorsing the sufferings of Nigerians and this
\nis painful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nhe is pleased with the economy when exchange rate is now N370 to $1 is
\na clear indication that the government is being ran on his behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nfor the fourth quarter (Q4) 2016 said 3.67 million Nigerians became
\njobless\u00a0in one year<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and that the number of unemployed Nigerians rose
\nfrom 7.51 million at the beginning of October 2015 to 11.19 million at
\nthe end of September 2016.<\/p>\n
\nReport, that over N400 billion was paid as bribes to public officials
\nin Nigeria\u00a0in one year<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(June 2015 \u2013 May 2016). Yet, they will tell
\nNigerians that they are fighting corruption when indeed, corruption is
\nthriving under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of
\nPresident Buhari.<\/p>\n
\nthan N8,000, a bag of rice is about N18,000 now, more than 25 states
\ncannot pay workers salary regularly owing to dwindled revenue from the
\nfederation account, and someone is telling Nigerians that the economy
\nis doing well? It is clear that the President has lost touch with real
\neconomic situation of the country,\u201d Governor Fayose said further.<\/p>\n
\non the economic situation of the country, Governor Fayose said, \u201cEven
\na two year old child knows that there is hunger in the land, Nigerians
\nare hungry, they are suffering and telling them that all is well is
\nlike adding salt to their injury.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"