APC never imagined things were this terrible while canvassing for vote – Odigie-Oyegun

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,has avowed that his party was not aware that Nigerian economy was this bad while they were rooting for votes.

Odigie-Oyegun described the APC-led government as one sent from above “at this critical time” and a president of Buhari’s stature. These comments he made at a reception held in his honour by the management and staff of the party’s national secretariat in Abuja to mark his 77th birthday on Friday.

in his words, “It has been tough times for the nation. When we were campaigning – it is necessary to continue to hammer on this point – we were not in government; we knew things were very bad but we did not know they were as bad as we eventually found them. And the revelations that come out everyday continue to buttress that fact.

“Secondly, and that is very important: nobody ever expected the prices of crude to collapse in the way they have done. One can only repeat what Mr. President (Muhammadu Buhari) said a few days ago and that is, from being a nation that could have an Excess Crude Account, today, because of the collapse of the prices of crude, a lot of the states in this country do not even have enough resources to meet their very basic functions and responsibilities to their citizens.”

The APC Chief went further to say that with Buhari’s efforts and plans, this would be the last economic crisis the country would face.Adding that the President was laying “a solid foundation” for the country such that all the mineral resources would be harnessed and the Nigeria of tomorrow would be one that produces.

“We are going through hard times, temporarily, but it is quite clear that the silver lining is there in the cloud because the President and your party are determined that this nation will no longer – ever – be again a mono-culture economy,” he said.