Nigerian govt lacks funds to finance infrastructure —Oshiomhole

Oshiomhole explains challenge facing federal govt to develop infrastructure

The National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday said the current administration was bothered on where to raise funds to finance infrastructure in the country.

Oshiomhole who spoke in Abuja, on President Muhammadu Buhari’s 100 days in office, also said the president had showed signs of commitment to the country in the last 100 days.

His words: “President Buhari can beat his chest to say I have started well, I have started fast. You cannot call him Baba go slow now, this time he is Baba fast,”

Oshiomhole also outlined some areas which President Buhari’s achievements in 100 day is evident without forgetting challenges as well.

He said: “Everything is about comparism. Because in 2015, after a hundred days we did not have a federal cabinet, the President had not appointed ministers.

“This time in hundred days, from my interaction with a number of Ministers, even the budget for 2020 is already being prepared. Ministers have been assigned to their various Ministries.

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“They have already started the process of taking over and trying to understand the challenges. Government is already affectively on ground.

“So even that alone shows a remarkable departure if you compare what the President has done in 2019 to what he has done in 2015.

“Even the current issues in South Africa, the prompt manner in which the President reacted and took bold steps sent a clear message to South Africa that we are not about to accept Nigeria being humiliated in their businesses. I think the bold step he has taken is refreshing.

“The President has been engaging various groups. Recently, he was talking to the Nigeria Society of Engineers, several professional groups, reminding all of us that we have our role to play in the Nigeria project.

“As a Party we have every access to the President, we see him any time we want to see him and share with him whatever we want to do.

“You notice that this time, the President also organized a retreat for Ministers immediately they were appointed. That retreat was not about entertainment, it was to discuss about Nigeria and the administration’s policy choices.

“And of course reminding the Ministers about the fact that there is huge expectation out there at a time of dwindling resources. Now government challenge is where do we cut cost so that we can find resources we need to sustain investment in infrastructure.”

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