Former
Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili has
described the economic policies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
government as “confusing”, expressing regret that in spite of the
confusion, the government remains “adamant.”
Ezekwesili, convener of the Bring Back Our Girls and former minister spoke in the current edition of The Interviewmagazine.
“I am not a fan of the economic policies
of this government so far; I feel it’s too tentative in making even the
right policy decisions, and even when it tries to make the right policy
decisions, it has been in the breach. It has been very confusing,” she
said.
“It’s not that the government is timid; it’s about doing the wrong things and being adamant about them,” she added.
Ezekwesili cited the government’s
monetary and fiscal policies as key areas of denial of “empirical
evidence” and called for structural reforms and better citizen
engagement.
In the interview, conducted before the
BBOG’s visit to Sambisa, Ezekwesili wept over the fate of the remaining
Chibok girls, saying the episode had exposed Nigerian governments in
their “worst form.”
She spoke on what she would do if
President Muhammadu Buhari invited her to serve; her perception of
former President Goodluck Jonathan and her relationship with former
President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Culled from Sun
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