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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration ‘lacks the critical competencies’ to initiate and implement innovative solutions to Nigeria’s problems.<\/p>\n

Moody over the weekend had downgraded Nigeria’s credit rating from\u00a0B3 to Caa1, saying the government\u2019s fiscal and debt position was expected to continue to deteriorate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Abubakar, reacting to Moody\u2019s rating in a statement on Monday, said the downgrade was \u201cvery significant\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the Buhari-led administration is to be blamed for the downgrade.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMoody\u2019s notes the FGN\u2019s deteriorating fiscal and debt position and its lack of capacity to respond to same; it notes the \u2018exacerbating policy trading-off\u2019 between debt servicing<\/a> and the financing of critical sectors, including education, health, and other social programmes; it also notes the government\u2019s inability to curtail its addiction to deficit financing and its appetite for more funds from the central bank\u2019s ways and means,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll three observations are a direct indictment of the country\u2019s political leadership for its failures in the management of our fiscal resources. The APC-led government lacks the critical competencies to initiate and implement innovative solutions to our problems and deliver on their mandate with the desired impact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Abubakar said if elected, he would act differently and change the economic direction of the country for the better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He pledged to \u201cundertake far-reaching fiscal restructuring to improve liquidity and the management of our fiscal resources<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong others, I will undertake an immediate review of government spending with a view to eliminating all leakages arising from subsidy payments.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond, I will stop all fiscal support to ailing and under-performing state-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThird, I will take steps to improve spending efficiency by gradual reduction of government recurrent expenditures.<\/p>\n

\u201cFourth, I will undertake a review of government procurement processes to ensure value-for-money and eliminate all leakages.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, I will focus on non-debt financing by promoting a private sector-led infrastructure development fund for the financing and delivery of key infrastructure projects.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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