Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said that the nation’s economy was ‘HIV positive’ before President Muhammadu Buhari came on board.
Ohakim, however, said Buhari has been able to professionally manage it with anti-retroviral drugs.
Chief Ohakim made his feelings known while delivering a 52-page lecture, “Leadership in times of adversity: Navigating Nigeria’s turbulent economy”, at the 2016 Diocesan Synod of Ikeduru Anglican Diocese.
He said, “There is no doubt that before the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Nigeria’s economy had been diagnosed HIV positive, but it was being professionally managed with anti-retroviral drugs.”
In May, Ohakim had accused Buhari of running a slow government.
Ohakim said that Buhari’s snail-speed style first manifested in the constitution of the cabinet which came six months after assuming power May 29, last year, noting that the nation is facing economic war that requires definitive actions.
He said: “Even in family, you have late starters and early starters. Some people can begin a race so well and collapse midway; some people can start slowly and hit the ground running at the middle of the race. All I am thinking is that Mr President may be a late starter.
“From his inaugural speech, I had expected that he will hit the ground running, but he didn’t do that. It took him six months to constitute executive council; he was trying to be careful.
“Today things are very dynamic; society does not wait for anybody. The economy does not wait for anybody. Agreed he has lost the time, but there is still time for him to regain momentum and finish the race.
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