The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned the Federal Government to put short-term measures in place to cushion the effect of the current economic crisis on the Nigerian masses or risk the people dying before he completes his reforms.

The lawmaker, who represents Kaduna-Central Senatorial District at the Senate, told Sunday Punch that many lives would have been lost before the current reforms of the President Muhammadu Buhari government are completed.

According to him, “If you happen to be in a position of power, inasmuch as you want to bring reforms that are painful, you have to understand the need for you to carry the people along because if you keep on bringing reforms and continue to unleash hardship on the people, you may as well say there is a paradise but people need to be alive to reach that paradise.


“If you keep reforming and reforming and the people are suffering and dying, you may reach the Promised Land alone because by that time everyone has died. Of what use would that be?”

Sani, who criticised Buhari for not having an independent economic team to drive the economy out of recession, noted that the goodwill the All Progressives Congress, APC, enjoyed at the polls, which led to the emergence of Buhari as president, was waning fast.

This, he said, is in view of the increasing number of open letters on the hardships being suffered by Nigerians.

His words, “Let me tell you how it started, which is general with all persons who just took power in Nigeria. In 1979 and 1999, when a new president assumed office, he would have the support of all Nigerians. The first stage will be, ‘We support you; we stand by you and we are going to back you.’


“The second stage will be, ‘We are advising you.’ The third stage will be, ‘We are cautioning you.’ At the fourth stage, Nigerians will say, ‘We are warning you.’ The fifth stage will be, ‘We doubt you.’ The sixth stage, it will be, ‘You are incompetent.’ The seventh stage will be, ‘You should go.’

“When you study these stages, you will see that we have moved behind 100 per cent support to “advise.” And with letters flying and criticisms following, it is about “cautioning.” And I think the handwritings are on the wall for everybody to see.”

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Na dem and their family members go die no be us.





I survived my EX I can survive anything.

Sai Baba!

zombies will die first

Mr Shehu, I hope you made that suggestion in Hausa and with sign language to be extra sure Chinakwe's dog heard and understood clearly what you said. I learnt the dog has ear infection, it doesn't hear the owner's (Nigerians) call easily.

No problem.. There are graves

Abeg na the 6and 7 we dey na..
Bubu is incompetent and should go..people are dying already..abi dem send am come reduce our population?
E know go work for am..
Honestly,just don't understand buhari and his reasoning..ah

They voted him in so y r they now complaining, them never chi chun tin sef

Really the elite who should explain to the people the truth... Are playing politics with our situation just to get popublic support. ..

There is no economics theory anybody can quote or show me in history were it has happened that a country maintenend it's currency with an over 50% drop in forex earnings with a forex reserve of less than 6 months...... . I dare anybody to prove me wrong

Join MMM and forget about Blaming Buhari

This actions shows dat bubuhari is a wicked senseless clueles leader who is only intrested not only in power but 2 destroy d unity peace n progress of dis great nation it's only God dat will deliver us dis time around

Nigeria died a long time ago

Davash222:
Na dem and their family members go die no be us.





I survived my EX I can survive anything.

Are you sure zonefree or that is what has left you traumatised