‘Be Ready For Another Recession With Significant Adverse Consequence’ – Buhari Cautions Nigerians

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned Nigerians to be prepared for another recession.

This would be the second economic recession in four years since Buhari and his APC government took over power from Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

The president made this known in a submission as he was presenting the 2021 budget to the National Assembly for approval.

In his submission, he said;

“GDP growth is projected to be negative in the third quarter of this year. As such, our economy may lapse into the second recession in four years, with significant adverse consequences.

However, we are working assiduously to ensure a rapid recovery in 2021. We remain committed to implementing programmes to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty over the next 10 years.

As skills’ deficits limit employment opportunities in the formal economy, various skills’ development programmes are being implemented simultaneously to address this problem frontally.

For instance, the government is implementing the Special Public Works programme to provide employment opportunities to 774,000 youths across the 774 local government areas of Nigeria.

We have also recently introduced the N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund, of which N25 billion have been provided in 2021 Budget.

We thank all Nigerians, for your perseverance and continued support during these difficult times. We remain unwavering in our commitment to actualize our vision of a bright future for everyone.”

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