“If you don’t take care, you will end up discouraging production,” he said.

“The vision was to build an economic zone based on our heritage.”

He said summons by the National Assembly are too many and security chiefs should be allowed time to do their work on the field.

He claims that a $22 million program has been launched to support Nigeria’s Cocoa sector.

He said the currency for “settlement” in government is in dollars, which highly impacts the foreign exchange rate.

“The problem we are having in Rivers State is a pestilence of Godfatherism.”

“Nigeria’s FG expenditure is declining because of exchange rate pressures, failure to optimize growth.”

He said that a 10-year target is more feasible as it would only require a 7% GDP growth.

He said the professionals of yesterday seem to be more diligent than those of today.

If you look at the structure of the budget, I didn’t see any serious departure from the previous budgets.

“There was no way a statute would have envisaged the CBN lending directly to farmers, manufacturers, and the entertainment…”

“While CNG is cheaper when it is being used in the long run, LPG is more available.”

“This case of Plateau State… has more to do with the sanctity and integrity of the Supreme Court itself.”

APC chieftain Dele Fulani argued that the state governor was healthy and would resume office anytime soon.

He said if the governor doesn’t resign, the case will be reported to the office of the state assembly.

He also revealed plans to audit the National Council for Museums and equip it, so that it can transform and renovate museums around Nigeria.

“Citizens have a fundamental role to play in recapturing INEC.”

The lawyer and NNPP spokesperson called for investigation by the Nigerian Judicial Council.

Gbenga Omotoso also debunked the governor used funds from the state treasury to pay off legal fees.

“People can hardly feed, and that’s responsible for why some of the people can go into criminality.”