President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that he almost ran away from the media at the inception of his office as president.
Tinubu said he got so discouraged that he almost stopped watching or reading newspapers due to the economic situation in the country.
He, however, assured that the country’s economic situation is turning around for good.
Speaking in Katsina State over the weekend, the president said: “Nigeria is a success, the economy is turning around, it has bent the corner.
“When we started, it was challenging, and I almost ran away from watching or reading the newspapers.
“I got discouraged and stayed put on my decisions, believing that the ability of a leader to take decisions at the right time is the hallmark of leadership.
“We took it and stayed with it, and it will be rewarding, it’s already bearing fruits.”;
This comes as the outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, decried Nigeria’s declining GDP per capita, noting that countries like South Korea and other Asian economic giants have left the country behind.
He said that despite the fact that Nigeria and the two Asian countries were once almost at par in GDP per capita.
Adesina made these remarks during his keynote address at the 20th anniversary dinner of investment firm Chapel Hill Denham in Lagos.
He blamed the problem on a lack of focused economic plans and implementation by successive administrations in the country, as a result of which more Nigerians are now poor than they were at Independence in 1960.
He said efforts should be geared towards making Nigeria the economic powerhouse of the continent.
