Former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili has described the economic policies of President Muhammadu Buhari's government as 'confusing'.
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Speaking in an interview conducted before the Bring Back Our Girl’s visit to Sambisa, former Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has described the economic policies of the government as “confusing.”
The outspoken co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign group who was speaking in the current edition of The Interview magazine, expressed regret that in spite of the confusion, the President Buhari-led federal government remains “adamant.”
Answering a question on the call for diversification of the economy, she said, “I am not a fan of the economic policies of this government so far; I feel it’s too tentative in making even the right policy decisions and even when it tries to make the right policy decisions, it has been in the breach. It has been very confusing.”
While speaking further, Ezekwesili said, “It’s not that the government is timid; it’s about doing the wrong things and being adamant about them.”
She cited the government’s monetary and fiscal policies as key areas of denial of “empirical evidence” and called for structural reforms and better citizen engagement.