Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy, says Nigeria is
currently in a “vulnerable” position because the country depends on importation.
Utomi spoke on Thursday in an interview with Channels
Television.
There have been concerns over the rising cost of food items,
and the country’s inflation rate hit a five-year high in June 2022.
Speaking on the state of the country’s economy, Utomi, a
former presidential candidate on the platform of the African Democratic
Congress (ADC), said for Nigeria to develop, the electorate must vote for
leaders who are truly interested in serving the country.
“The real issue here is that we are not producing. We are
not exporting, so we are hit very badly by the fact that we are so
import-dependent and the prices of those imports are going crazy, and now we
are so dependent on importation of food,” he said.
“We should have been going for a clear national security
thing with food security. We are vulnerable because we are importing everything
– what we eat — in a country that should be exporting food.
“We can fix this if we just take ourselves seriously for a
little bit. Keep people who think politics is adventure to go and make money
out of politics, and get people who want to serve and earn immortality for
giving up themselves for the good of the common person and common good of all.”
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