Buhari during an interview with Channels Television spoke extensively on Nigeria’s economy, insecurity, and what citizens should expect from his government in the penultimate year before he leaves office in 2023.
Nigeria’s debt profile in 2015 was N12 trillion and has grown to N32 trillion as of January 2022. The inflation rate was at 9% in 2015 and is now over 15% in 2022.Buhari, however, said the statistics on Nigeria’s worsening rising debt profile, unemployment, and exchange rate were incorrect. The Nigerian president did not speak further on the economic indices and swiftly delved into his advocacy for Nigerians to embrace agriculture.
Buhari noted that his administration has achieved “some successes” in the face of criticisms in different sectors of the country.