Nigerian Should See Oil Price Slump as Blessing – Kwara State Governor

According to the Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, the slide in crude oil price can become a big blessing that will bring good tidings to Nigeria if the country uses the opportunity to develop its potential in the non-oil sectors to develop the nation. He stated that Nigeria is passing through the danger of dependence on mono-economy and that the survival of Nigeria’s economy lies in diversification.

Ahmed also revealed that a change in the focus on a single-product economy through exploration and exploitation of potential in agriculture and other natural resources would curb the prevailing harsh economic realities in the country.

“No doubt, the time is now; we all need to stand up and take advantage of agriculture and use it to drive an economy that will employ and also feed Nigerians, governments at all levels should explore potential in the non-oil sector to drive national economy,”

The governor also applauded the Armed Forces for protecting the territorial integrity of the country. He also called for their greater involvement in nation-building programmes under a democratic dispensation.

He stated that an extensive sensitisation of the citizenry so that the wealth of the country could come from a regenerative process through the development of primary products locally.