2023: Ex-Minister Faults Tinubu’s Claim On Naira To Dollar Equivalent
Researched by Araba, Olawale Enifenilanfe Tinubu - A former minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien has faulted the claim by the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he would bring the Naira at par with the Dollar if voted in as the next president of Nigeria next year. - Essien mocked the APC presidential candidate for making such claims when he cannot help the current APC leadership under President Buhari to turn around the failing economy for Nigerians. - He argued that the current administration was increasing the misery of Nigerians at home and abroad. - Chief Essien, a two-term member of the National Assembly, stated that such a campaign talk was only ‘meant for the marines’, as the APC presidential candidate has no magic wand to turn the Naira around to equate in value with the Dollar. - He said,”Tinubu made this kind of statement in 2015, when he was campaigning for Muhammadu Buhari, seven y...