A former Presidential Spokesperson, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has stated that the current economic indicators show that the nation’s economy is beginning to recover and an obvious turnaround is now clearly observable.
Okupe made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos, while reacting to the criticism of President Bola Tinubu by Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, over the socio-economic challenges in the country.
Okupe said: “It is commendable that Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation and now political group, has always lived to its nationalistic stance. This it does 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.”
Okupe added that all hands must now be on deck to support the administration to succeed in its efforts to revamp the economy.
