By Akinwale Kasali
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has said the hardship faced by Nigerians as a result of the economic woes bedeviling the nation as an inevitable pain.
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said the biting economic state of the nation is for the betterment of the nation as it is a phase that remains inevitable.
Making this assertion in an interview on Channels Television, Soludo said this is a phase needed before the country begins to flourish.
He said, “You see, sometimes, I kind of feel we don’t get it.”
On the nation’s economy, Soludo likened the country’s situation to a patient undergoing treatment.
He said, “But whether there will be pains for any step you take or the other, it is going to be. It is inevitable. But that is obviously what we need to pass through,” he said, maintaining that President Bola Tinubu inherited a bad economy upon assumption of office in May 2023.
“We must realise that things were really bad. We must get it clear that there is no easy way to get this patient who has multiple problems [to become better],” Soludo added.
Soludo, who is marking his second year in office, also spoke about his achievements since 2022, adding that his government has created jobs for the masses.
”In the first nine months of coming into office, we have employed over 5,000 teachers and processing 2,000 more.
“ We have employed over 1,000 health workers and in the area of security, we have over 2,000 employed”, he said.
