The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said the Federal Government sympathizes with Nigerians over the current economic recession. Adeosun said this at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday at the ministerial retreat on the economy and the budget, with the theme “Building Inter-ministerial Synergy for Effective Planning and Budgeting in Nigeria”. In her words, “We sympathise with the people of Nigeria, but what is more serious is our intentions, our resolve and plans to turn it around”, while adding that the government had said before now that it knew the country would go “into a very difficult period.” She, however, noted that the government had not anticipated “the impact of the much awaited crisis which of course is built on our revenue which is down significantly.” According to her, the government has a credible plan which is based on the need to invest in the infrastructure. She said since experts had identified that as the only solution “for Nigeria to take us out of this situation”, the government was working on it.
