President Muhammadu Buhari says
he will feel better as the number one citizen in the country when the lives of
Nigerians improve.
In an interview with
TheSignature50 magazine, Buhari said his administration is working to ensure
that the lives of Nigerians improve beyond ratings and indices.
“We have been rated as Africa’s
largest economy by different verifiable indices. How does that make one feel as
President of Nigeria? Of course, one feels good. But that is not enough,” the
president said.
“I will feel a lot better when we
go beyond just rating and statistics, and the majority of Nigerians begin to
feel the impact of that rating.
“When Nigerians prosper, when the
quality of their lives improves dramatically when our status as the largest
economy reflects in their pockets, then I will feel a lot better.”
Speaking on the successes
achieved by his administration so far, Buhari said the economy is no longer in
the forlorn state that it used to be. Explaining that the progress being made
is not as fast as he would have wanted, he said the deliverables achieved so
far gives hope that things are looking up.
According to the president, the
Nigerian vision is to ensure that the economy has buffers to shield it from
crude oil shocks.
“Our experience as a mono-product
economy is that whenever any international upheaval affects the price of oil,
Nigeria is drastically affected.
“The vision we have is to put our
economy in a shape that the rain does not need to beat us when rainy days come
in the international oil market. We should be able to hold our own with other
sectors like agriculture, manufacturing, solid minerals, and many others. That
is the national plan and vision.”
Buhari said the country is doing
a lot with China because the Asian country has passed through the same
trajectory and succeeded.
“Why then can’t we benefit from
our relationship, which continues to improve by the day, with great
possibilities available?” he said.
“From discipline, national
cohesion, emphasis on science and technology, pro-poor policies, and many
others, China has become one of the largest economies in the world, all within
about four decades. Nigeria has a lot to learn from this, and at the end of the
day, we shall be the better for it.”
He assured that his
administration will try, as much as possible, to cushion the effect of the
pandemic on Nigerians.
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