Buhari Needs Stronger Team To Manage Nigeria's Economic Situation - Dogara

Nigeria's Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara has said the country needs a stronger team to look into and control the current economic situation under President Muhammadu Buhari.

The speaker, who spoke on the state of Nigeria's economy said he strongly believes the economy can be revived if the right people are employed to take reins of the economy.

“I sincerely believe that in Nigeria as well, we are rich in diverse ways. If we can put together a solid team to manage this economy, it doesn’t matter, I don’t think under Obasanjo we had the oil boom, we were earning far less than what we did subsequently, but we were able to manage the meagre resources we had," he said.

He went on to say that, “So, I sincerely believe it is just a matter of management and if we are able to get the right people in place, we will be able to swim through these dangerous waters. But as it, as they say, we are in the waters, and everything seems to be heading south. Things seem to be defying the traditional way of resolving these kinds of problems.

“So, we need new methods. We need a strong team to really be in charge of the economy. We need a strong team to be in charge of the economy,” Dogara concluded. 

The speaker also stressed that, though there was no oil boom under former President Olusegun Obasanjo but was able to use the resources at its disposal to tackle the challenges.