Nigeria not a rich country – Buhari

President Mohammadu Buhari has said
that Nigeria is erroneously being regarded as a
rich country, stating that indices and parameters of
evaluating a rich country such as economic
advancement, improved social services were
lacking.
He however enjoined the Nigerian elites to be
prepared to make sacrifice to rescue the country.
The president spoke when he received the
outgoing President of the African Development
Bank (AfDB) Dr. Donald Kaberuka and other
officials of the bank.
According to him, the privileged and influential
citizens clearly have to do more now than in the
past to help the country deal successfully with its
economic and security problems.
President Buhari also Kaberuka that his
administration will welcome more support from the
AfDB for projects in versatile sectors like
agriculture that can easily be explored to create
more jobs for unemployed Nigerians.
He said: “With the shock of falling oil prices, lack
of revenues, and insecurity, the Nigerian elites
must now wake up and provide the right guidance
in their communities, and also lead the economy
on the right path more than they used to do”.


[Vanguard]