How Buhari’s election saved Nigeria from collapsing – Minister reveals
– The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige said President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 election saved Nigeria from collapsing
– He said if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had remained in government beyond May 29, 2015, the country would have collapsed totally by now
– Ngige appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress to be patient, assuring that the Buhari administration would turn things around
Senator Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, said that the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 saved Nigeria from being a laughing stock among the comity of nations.
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According to Vanguard, the minister argued that the country would have collapsed totally by now if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had remained in government beyond May 29, 2015.
Ngige, addressing All Progressives Congress (APC) officials from the 326 wards in the three senatorial zones of Anambra state, said Buhari was taken aback with what he saw on assumption of office, adding that though APC knew that PDP was running the country aground, the magnitude of mismanagement of the economy was beyond human imagination.
The minister while acknowledging the present hardship in the country, appealed to members of the party to be patient, assuring that the Buhari administration was making serious efforts to turn things around for the better.
According to him, part of the delay in constituting the cabinet by the president was due to the bad shape of the economy when APC took over government, as most ministries, departments and agencies were discovered to be heavily indebted to their contractors to the tune of trillions of naira.
He said: “There was virtually nothing in the country’s reserve, despite what the PDP government officials were telling Nigerians. But the APC government has started organizing the economy by formulating policies that will put smiles on the faces of our people.
“For instance, the Federal Government has created job centers in all states of the federation where the unemployed will be exposed to skills acquiring on various trades. We are also introducing empowerment schemes and our party members will be given priority.
“In addition, government is also planning to introduce scholarship and bursary schemes and our party members will also be the first to benefit from it.”
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Ngige also said that in addition to the 500,000 jobs for the unemployed youths, government would also offer employment to all graduates of agriculture and allied fields, in view of the renewed emphasis on food security in the country.
Meanwhile, President Buhari has said the nation is managing to survive following the current economic downturn, largely caused by the fall in the international price of oil.
This comes even as the president disclosed that the nation is in a hurry to see projects take off in the agricultural sector, in order to enhance food security and create jobs for teeming unemployed youths.
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