{"id":40156,"date":"2021-05-31T07:18:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T06:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=40156"},"modified":"2021-05-31T07:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T06:18:30","slug":"garba-shehu-only-nigeria-economy-is-recording-growth-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/31\/garba-shehu-only-nigeria-economy-is-recording-growth-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Garba Shehu: Only Nigeria economy is recording growth in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garba Shehu, Media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that only the Nigerian economy is recording \u201cpositive growth\u201d in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Garba Shehu also stated that the naira is in the &#8216;best possible health it can be, given the circumstances we are in.<\/p>\n<p>The naira, last Thursday, appreciated at the importer &amp; exporter (I&amp;E) window by 0.1 percent to N411\/$1 but depreciated by 0.4 percent to N495\/$1 in the parallel market.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during Sunday Politics, a Channels Television programme, Shehu argued that over the past year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/27\/just-in-fg-declares-another-132-violators-of-covid-19-travel-advisory-wanted\/\">COVID-19<\/a> pandemic has negatively affected the global economy.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu made the comments when he was presented with statistics on how the economy fared in 2015 compared with 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In response, he said the minister of finance is in the best position to comment on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>When asked specifically about the criticism of the government\u2019s economic policies, he said critics of the federal government\u2019s handling of the economy should get themselves \u201cre-examined\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ask me this question, I will tell you that whoever questions the capacity of the government to manage the economy probably also need to have themselves re-examined,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause look at all of the things that have happened with COVID over the last year or more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you see that in the entire Africa continent, this is the only country that is recording positive growth in its economy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shehu said the Buhari administration is \u201cworking day and night\u201d to ensure that Nigerians don\u2019t go hungry.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Nigeria is safer compared to 2015 when his principal took over, he said that as far Boko Haram terrorism is concerned, the country is in a better state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as Boko Haram terrorism is concerned, Nigeria is a safer place today than it was in 2015 when he took power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew challenges have come up, farmers-herders clashes, and killings in certain sections of the country, much of those have been subdued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been confronted with sabotage of oil installations in the south-south that have been managed effectively up to this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChallenges of kidnapping and banditry have risen in so many parts of the country, including the south-west. 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