Inspites Of recession, 2017 will be better – APC governors

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have assured Nigerians that things will change by next year –  The chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha, said that the country is going through a tough economic recession which requires surgery and everyone has to experience pain – He pointed out that the problems the country is experiencing was not brought by the APC led government but the previous administrations Share on Facebook Share on Twitter I am sure that by next year you will begin to see changes – Rochas Okorocha As Nigerians suffer crisis from the ongoing recession, some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have assured Nigerians that 2017 will be better, Leadership reports. Speaking with newsmen after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha, guaranteed Nigerians that the APC-led government will take Nigeria to the promised land.

Nigeria’s economy will get better in 2017 – FG He said that the country is going through a tough economic recession which requires surgery and everyone has to experience pain. “We share the pains of Nigerians; every human being must feel it. We also feel what they are going through. But we are asking for a little patience; let us do things the right way and do it once and for all. “I am sure that by next year you will begin to see changes: the price of rice will drop, price of dollar will begin to stabilise and we will see a lot of challenges, but at this painful moment, nobody likes it. So Nigerians should bear with us as a government,” he said. Okorocha however pointed out that the problems the country is experiencing was not brought by the APC led government but the previous administrations. He declared that the leading party is trying its best to clear the mess of the past, adding that as the party in power at the moment, APC was now responsible for both the good and the bad that were happening in Nigeria “But we must take responsibility and we must never shift the responsibility to anybody, but we are promising  Nigerians that we shall fix it,” he said.

Federal government targets 7,000MW of electricity in 2017 The federal government on Thursday, July 21, described 2016 as a difficult year for Nigeria, even as it predicted things will get better as from 2017. Senator Udo Udoma, the minister of budget and National Planning, made this known while speaking with state House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the National Economic Council presided over by Vice president Yemi Osinbajo. Udoma also reacted to reports that the country is said to be in technical recession and Nigeria can only be in recession if it records two quarters of negative growth.