Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has expressed confidence that the President will soon change the nation’s economy far better than he met it.
Adesina said that the ongoing efforts to diversify the economy will yield positive results, contrary to previous years of unfulfilled promises dashed and experimentation.
The Presidential spokesman, who received a delegation of National Association of Nigerian Students led by its Grand Patron, Ambassador Eze N. Ebere, Adesina, said that President Buhari’s commitment is more than a mantra.
He is sure that the reality will soon become evident to all Nigerians even as he said that the vision to diversify the economy has taken more than forty years, with many missed opportunities.
According to Adesina, President Buhari would go beyond the rhetoric to cut down dependence on a single commodity, adding that the President has been concerned about the volatility of oil prices in the international market and many years of shock to the Nigerian economy that had resulted in slowed development.
“Nigeria succeeded in making itself a mono-economy over the years due to over dependence on oil, and President Buhari is determined to ensure that it will no longer remain the same.
“The President has already launched an economic recovery plan, with a strong emphasis on diversification through agriculture and mines exploration.”
The Presidential spokesman said that the President’s purposeful drive, single-mindedness and simplicity in approaching issues will put an end to more than forty years of trying to break the jinx of a mono-economy.
Earlier, Ambassador Ebere had conveyed Nigerian students commendation of the President’s courage in fighting corruption and winning the war against insurgency in the North East.
The students’ grand patron said that Nigerian students have been praying for the well being of the President and would continue to do so.
Ebere and his delegation presented an award to Adesina for his contribution to journalism, commitment to informing Nigerians about the President’s vision and activities, and consistent expression of optimism about a new Nigeria. [myad]
