While in the United States of America to be part of the recently held 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), President Bola Ahmed Tinubu called on fellow countrymen and women to ‘bring their resources to invest in the Nigerian economy’.
The President told a gathering of compatriots at a Town Hall meeting in New York that their fatherland had become home for business opportunities.
Tinubu’s message to his people that was widely reported also saw him urging Nigerians eking out their living in the U.S. to rise above setbacks and adopt a new mindset that would enable them succeed in all of their endeavours.
The President was quoted as saying: “I want to give you a measure that will resonate with you. I was once a Diasporan. What you have been through, I have been through it. Change of mindset is necessary. Take it this night that Nigeria is home for business opportunities.
“Also, anywhere you stay, there is always going to be an opportunity in it and in everything you do, there is always going to be an opportunity, if you know how to search and put your mind to it.”
Questions
There are so many questions that must be raised concerning President Tinubu’s assertions. Of course, the most pertinent has to do with the present condition of the Naira when it comes to it being exchanged for the US dollar.
It is no longer news that over a thousand naira is needed before one can have a dollar!
So, if this was the situation of things when President Tinubu was a Diasporan in the US, would he have agreed to come home with his ‘resources’ to ‘invest in the Nigerian economy’?
Without making it look as if unnecessary alarm is being raised, it must be submitted unequivocally that there is presently no tunnel at all in the country. So, the question of looking forward to finding the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel does not exist.
There is still definitely something not right with the architecture and other indices that are working together to engineer the nation’s economy. And, unfortunately, the Tinubu-led administration is yet to identify the keys and buttons to press. It is as simple as that.
Candidly speaking, Tinubu’s government is yet to convince Nigerians that it is a new dawn. Bandits and kidnappers are still on the rampage, power supply is still as erratic as ever, roads and other infrastructural facilities are yet to be touched.
Upon all, the naira is being raped, molested by other world currencies and may give up anytime from now unless urgently drastic steps are taken by the Federal Government.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
