Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, has predicted
a tough time for Nigeria in the coming days.
The group was reacting to a recent comment by the Group
Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele
Kyari, who warned of an impending hardship following the recent crash of crude
oil prices to less than 30 dollars per barrel.
Kyari had warned that Nigerian should prepare for tough
times ahead.
OYC agreed with the NDDC boss, adding that Nigerians will
experience hunger and hardship in the face of the obvious collapse of the
economy depending solely on Crude Oil in the nearby future.
OYC, therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to
engage competent hands to help him manage the economy, insisting that those in
the President’s economic team have run short of ideas and will ground the
economy.
The OYC noted that the appointment of former Minister of
Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala by the South African Government, shows that
the country has demonstrated courage and determination to succeed in the face
of economic adversity by hiring a Foreign Adviser (Okonjo Iweala).
“We call for a total overhaul of the entire Economic team of
President, this is a wakeup call to Bring in a good Economic Team to develop
the non-oil sectors and ensure that we avoid going back to recession,” OYC said
in a statement signed by its President-General and Secretary-general Mazi
Okechukwu isiguzoro and Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, respectively.
“Southeast Governors should prepare to channel their
resources to support youths to engage in agriculture to prepare for the tough
times ahead.
“There’s only one route of escape from being caught up with
the prediction of recession and hardship, as the farming season begins April
2020, Igbos should embrace agriculture as survival strategies.”
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