Reno Omokri, former aide to
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has lashed out at the Minister for Power, Works
and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over his statement that the immediate past
government plunged Nigeria into recession.
Fashola, a former governor of
Lagos State while speaking at a Town Hall meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State, claimed
that Jonathan never wanted to be in charge of the country’s affairs during
recession, hence, the reason he conceded defeat to President Muhammadu Buhari
in 2015.
He maintained that the Jonathan
administration did not only plunge the nation into recession, but pushed it
into debts.
Omokri, while reacting to
Fashola’s claims on his Twitter page said there was no recession during the
Jonathan-led administration.
He explained that instead, the
Buhari administration is known for plunging Nigeria into recession and poverty.
The former presidential spokesman
wrote: “I am surprised that rather than help Buhari, look for his invisible
WAEC certificate (allegedly been ‘kidnapped’ by the army),Tunde Fashola
persists in slandering Goodluck Jonathan, saying he only conceded 2015
elections due to the impending recession.
“Fashola knows there was no
‘impending recession’ at any time when Jonathan was President. What was on the
horizon was economic boom as evidenced by CNNMoney which projected Nigeria as
the third fastest growing economy in the world in 2015.
“Fashola knows ex-President
Jonathan handed over a robust economy to Buhari, with a single digit inflation
rate (it is now double digit), a Petrol Pump Price of ₦87 (it is now ₦145) and
a Naira valued at ₦199 to $1 (it is now ₦365 to $1)
“Fashola is aware economic
conditions under Jonathan was much better than today. Gallop polls rated
Nigeria under Jonathan as the ‘happiest nation on earth. Today, the World
Economic Forum rates Nigeria world headquarters for extreme poverty.”
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I beg no mind that stupid Fashola, him and his APC government has put Nigerians into a state of dilemma
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