Senator Ningi stressed that he never accused the presidency of running two budgets.

“There’s a lot of confusion, controversies and conspiracy surrounding Ajaokuta, right from the inception.”

A former federal commissioner has warned that without significant structural reforms, Nigeria’s security situation could worsen.

He said anyone who says Oborevwori is not working is either ‘diasporian’ or has clearly failed to see.

“As a person I don’t spend my time criticizing people. It is challenging to be president.”

“If you want to make investment attractive, ensure that the cost of bringing those expatriates is affordable.”

“Investors were hoping for a more technocratic cabinet to deal with the crisis at hand.”

“Why do you have to put Nigerians through that hell?”

“When that happens, it narrows the capacity of the president to listen to what people are saying and It’s quite worrisome.”

He said that Wigwe was his “beloved friend, my brother, and my mentee.”

“We are aware of some of the difficulties we have, particularly with energy.”

“Some of the policy somersaults of the past have also led to what has put us where we are today.”

“First thing is to recognize that the NLC has been weakened substantially by its own making to the point of ‘see finish.’”

He said even though the recent decision to ban Binance is a right move, there are still concerns about its potential economic impact.

“I think it is important that Nigeria begins to look at serious physical consolidations.”

He also claimed that GDP rose from 2.54% in Q3 of 2023 to 3.46% in Q4 because the MPC didn’t meet to jack up rates.

“As time goes on, we would definitely harmonize ourselves because at the end of the day, we are going to the same destination.”

He said the overall objective is to reduce the cost of governance, with a second goal being revenue generation.

“Investigations have been conducted and it has been found that there is no merit to those allegations.”

“Freeing the market is the right thing to do…inflation is high and all that, but my advice is to stay the course.”