The
federal government says it is not responsible for the current economic
situation of the country.
Udoma Udo
Udoma, minister of budget and national planning, said this on Thursday,
describing the government of President Muhammadu Buhari as a rescue team.
Udoma
spoke after the national economic council (NEC) meeting which Vice-President
Yemi Osinbajo presided over at the presidential villa in Abuja.
“We are
not responsible for the current economic situation we find ourselves. We are
actually a rescue team; a team working on rescuing Nigeria from the position we
find ourselves in,” he said.
“Under
President Muhammadu Buhari, we are determined to take Nigeria out of the
situation. The situation started long before we came.
He also
explained that the economic team of the current administration consisted of
persons with political responsibility for the ultimate policy decisions.
He added
that the technical work was done by people in various organs of government, and
that the administration had consulted with economists from Nigeria, while the
political decision is taken by the elected officials who are politically
accountable.
-TheCable
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