APC Chieftain and former governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu was involved in a mild accident on Saturday afternoon after he missed his step and almost fell at a function in Kaduna state.
The APC stalwart was invited to chair the 11th edition of Annual Arewa House lecture, an event organised every year in honour of one of the post-colonial leaders of Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the late Sardauna of Sokoto.
During the event, Bola Tinubu said though Nigeria has exited recession the country’s economy remains weak.
It would be recalled that National Bureau of Statistics in February said Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product recorded a slight growth of 0.11 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, indicating the country’s exit from recession.
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Speaking on Saturday on the topic, ‘Reduction of the Cost of Governance for Inclusive Growth and Youth Development in Northern Nigeria in a Post-COVID-19 Era’, the former governor of Lagos State said though the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari put buffers in place during the recession, the country’s economy still remained weak with “too much unemployment”.
Tinubu said;
In the midst of our local challenges came the COVID-19 pandemic, with its debilitating impact on the global and domestic economies. Nigeria, like many other countries, has not been spared the impact of the pandemic.
Commendably, however, President Muhammadu Buhari has been carefully steering the country through the pandemic such that the negative impact on us and the economy has not been as harsh as it might have been. The economy’s relapse into recession has ended but we must admit the economy remains weak with too much unemployment and resources left idle.
The APC stalwart also warned against wasteful spending amongst government officials, saying the government must spend money to yield economic returns for the benefit of the masses.
The ex-Lagos governor also said job creation remained key to ending restiveness and criminality amongst Nigeria’s young population.
He expressed;
While states and local government must shape their budgets to fit their revenues, the federal government can and should spend more to create more jobs for the youth in both the north and south which is key to eradicating restiveness and sundry criminality among the youth.
Watch the video of the incident below;
Panic as Bola Tinubu misses step at the 11th edition of the annual Arewa House lecture series in Kaduna.#nijajournal pic.twitter.com/vnKtUteAS2
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