The Minister of Finance, Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday assured
that the country would begin to feel
the fresh air of President Goodluck
Jonathan’s administration as from
this year, 2013.
She gave this assurance in an
interview monitored by DailyPost on
Cable News Network, CNN with
Christiane Amanpour .
According to her, “2013 is going to be
a game changer and a turning point
because this is the year we are going
to produce results, and we are
already producing results within the
administration.
“First, on the economic side, I just
want to say that macro-economic
stability has been restored. Now,
nobody should minimise that.
Remember the two last decades in
Africa -the 1980s and 1990s – when
there were so many instabilities that
people could not focus on areas that
could create jobs.”
Okonjo-Iweala said the country was
projecting 6.5 per cent GDP growth
this year, compared to an average
five per cent for other African
countries.
“I just want to say that when you
mentioned GDP growth, in my
country, people will immediately say
you can’t eat growth because we
have challenges of unemployment,
we need to create more jobs, we
have challenges of inclusion and
there are problems of inequality; all
those are challenges we face,” she
said.
Speaking on the irregular power
supply in the country, she admitted
that it was absolutely true that the
country is facing several challenges,
but will soon come out of it,
considering that no magic could have
been done in just few years of
Nigeria’s democracy as the country
had suffered under several military
eras in the past with no
infrastructure on ground before
democracy.
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