Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, has warned against the politicisation of the country’s recent exit from recession.
He warned when he received the Broadcast Media Editors on a courtesy visit in Abuja on Friday, September 8 saying politicising the nation’s triumph over recession is a disservice to the people of Nigeria.
His word: “To naysayers, I will say: This issue should not be politicised. An issue that affects the welfare of our citizens should not be toyed with. Let us all appreciate what this administration has done in returning our economy to the path of positive growth and then support and encourage it to do more.
“Trying to downplay what has been achieved is bad politics. I know this good news of our emergence from recession has hit the naysayers very hard. But they should recover quickly and embrace the good news. Sorry, but it can neither be denied nor wished away.”
Mohammed added that some critics have even claimed that getting out of recession is mere statistics that means nothing, even though it is the same statistics that was used to say that Nigeria had slipped into recession in Q2 2016.
We Should Not Play Politics with Nigeria’s Exit from Recession, Says Lai Mohammed
