APC chieftain, Yakubu Dogara has reiterated that the previous administration deserves the blame for the sorry state of the economy which the current regime is striving hard to fix.
Yakubu Dogara
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called on critics of the All Progressives Congress-led administration to stop blaming the government for the current economic challenges facing Nigeria.
Mr. Dogara made the call in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan.
The statement said Mr. Dogara made the statement when he received unemployed Aeronautic Engineers and Pilots from Bauchi State who paid him a courtesy visit. He said, instead of blaming the APC-led government, the people who brought Nigeria to its current state should be blamed.
Mr. Dogara said the Buhari-led government was working hard to sanitise the system, adding that it would take some time to achieve the objective.
“You know that we are facing challenges in the country at the moment.
“We have sowed in the wind and we are now reaping whirlwind and as long as the earth abides, there will be seed time and harvest time.
“We do not want to dwell in the past, we are facing the future,’’ he said.
The speaker urged unemployed youths in the country not to despair and assured them that the government was doing everything possible to create job opportunities.
“Investment in education, skills and knowledge is never a wasted investment.
“Don’t despair because no training is wasted; but it is our responsibility to open the private sector for job opportunities,’’ he said and expressed optimism in the ability of the government to reduce unemployment in the country.