Yesufu also argued that the claim of stability would only make sense if the president had inherited a worse situation.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has criticized World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for asserting that President Bola Tinubu is stabilizing Nigeria’s economy.
In a post on X on Sunday, Yesufu questioned why Nigerians should give the president credit for stabilising what she described as an economy he had destabilized.
On Thursday, August 14, Okonjo-Iweala, met President Tinubu behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa.
During the meeting, the former Finance Minister commended the current administration for embarking on reforms that are restoring stability to Nigeria’s economy.
She added, “You cannot really improve an economy unless it’s stable.”
Reacting to the assertion, Yesufu argued that the economy has yet to return to the level it was before Tinubu assumed office.
She added that the claim of stability would only make sense if the president had inherited a worse situation.
Yesufu said: “First of all, she started by telling Nigerians that they should give Mr. Tinubu credit for stabilising an economy he destabilised and has not even taken to the bad state it was in before he came in.
“Give credit to someone that threw the economy into an unprecedented bad state because he was now stabilising his mess? What is the stability being compared to?
“If Mr Tinubu had met the economy worse off and there was now stability, then her statement would make sense. The economy is still not back to where it was when he snatched power from Buhari. Is it? So what credit are Nigerians supposed to give?”
