Former Vice-president and corporate secretary of the World Bank Group and two-time Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , on Thursday says the istration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, lack political will to save the country and its poor political will is responsible for the economic hardships that the country is facing.
Dr Ngozi speaking at George Washington University, says that Nigeria was able to save $22 billion dollars during the Olusegun Obasanjo istration that saved the country during the 2008 economic crisis because there was the political will to do it.
“In my second time as a finance minister, from 2011 to 2015, we had the instrument, we had the means, we had done it before, but zero political will. So we were not able to save when we should have. That is why you find that Nigeria is now in the situation it is in. Along with so many other countries.” she said.
The Lazard Special Advisor said that African countries need to devise tools and mechanisms to boost economic resilience; these tools and mechanisms, she said, should be accommodated in the constitution or separated from political manipulation “so that these countries can survive over time.”
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