Lead Promoter for SouthEast Leadership and Development Initiative (SELDI), Ikenna Modebelu spoke to LAWRENCE NJOKU on the challenges facing the country and the implication of Monday sit-at-home order imposed by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on the economy of the region.
…Igbo cannot pursue presidency and Biafra at same time
Nigeria is at 62, are you satisfied with the state of the nation?
I do not think any sane person living in Nigeria is happy with the present situation in the country. There is no gain saying the fact that seven and half years of Buhari’s administration have been a colossal disaster because the indices prevalent in 2015 have systematically been rubbished. Petrol was N45 per litre,US dollar was under N200. Three months after Buhari came on board and because of wrong economic policies, lack of attention to merit, none appointment of ministers, the economy went comatose.
Economy is like a big engine, if you stop it like the President did for six months without appointing anybody, it will take much longer to start it again. Big engines like the Nigerian economy run without end just like any other economy in the world. Nigeria is now the poverty capital of the world. All the indices of development have failed us and the debt profile is excruciating.
