FG Ban On Souvenirs Will Not Solve Nigeria's Economic Issues - Shehu Sani
The Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sen. Shehu Sani, seems to be on the news of late notorious for making open criticisms against political leaders of his party, the APC. The last time, the Kaduna senator was heard criticising governor El-rufai of his home state. Now he seems to have come hard against one of the recent FG economic policy on the ban of souvenirs for the MDA's. Stating that the recent Federal Government’s ban on conference materials and souvenirs was not a solution to the nation’s economic challenges.
Sani in Abuja said the ban would contribute little or nothing to tackling the current economic problems in the country, describing the measure as cosmetic urging the government’s economic team and other relevant stakeholders to find lasting solution to the nation’s challenges rather than discouraging small-scale businesses from growing.
He also pleaded with the Federal Government to give a human face to any new policy on internally-generated revenue. From his stand point, any policy on revenue generation that will affect common Nigerians negatively will make life impossible for them.
In his words: “IGR should not be about making life unbearable for the people, because you want more money to do your own project.
“It should be about targeting very key areas of business that will further add to revenue.
“We have the upper, middle and lower class and I think the lower class of Nigerians has suffered enough.
“They have suffered enough from previous governments and they should not suffer now in the name of trying to revive our economy,’’ he added.
