President Tinubu Met Economy In Bad Condition, Finance Minister Speaks On Unemployment

The President Bola Tinubu administration on Monday stated that it inherited a terrible economy with an unacceptably high rate of unemployment.

The administration, however, promised Nigerians that it would not depend on borrowing to raise funds to fix the country while promising to be transparent, honest and accountable to the people.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by Tinubu at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, while answering questions from journalists said that the Tinubu administration met a very bad economy with inflation at 24 percent.

Asked to describe the kind of economy the government met on the ground, he said, “Per capita had fallen steadily, inflation is at 24 per cent, unemployment is high, you know they are rebasing the way in which it’s calculated.

“Either way, it is high and youth unemployment is even unacceptably high, these are the key metrics that we have met.

“We met a bad economy but the promise of Mr. President is to make it better.”

He further said that the Federal Government was not in a position to borrow money at this time, adding the emphasis is on how to create a macroeconomic environment where both local and foreign investors would invest and increase production.