Former Presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has disputed claims by Afenifere that Nigeria’s economy is on the brink of collapse, insisting that economic indicators demonstrate a recovery under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.
In a statement on Thursday, Okupe praised Afenifere’s nationalist stance but countered their criticism, citing positive economic trends.
Recall the Yoruba group had expressed concern on Wednesday over the situation in the country, lamenting that the economy was on the verge of collapsing.
But reacting, Okupe argued that economic indicators show that the country has begun to make a recovery.
“It is commendable that Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation and now political group, has always lived to its nationalistic stance.
“This is done by criticising the government of the day even though a Yoruba man, Asiwaju Tinubu, is the current president of the country.
“This is one of the outstanding and commendable attributes of the Yoruba people as a race and Afenifere has been consistent in this patriotic display of true nationalism.
“However, while it is true that the country and its citizens are undergoing very harsh socio-economic conditions, principally because of strong and brave economic policies put in place to correct the economic quagmire brought on the country by the previous administration’s economic indicators show that the economy is beginning to make a recovery and an obvious turn around is now clearly observable.”
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