Babangida advises President Buhari

– Former governor of Niger State, Alhaji Babangida Ali­yu says President Muhammadu Buhari diversifying the econ­omy

– Babangida said there is a need to have key economy is­sues discussed, agreed and im­plemented fast

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again been urged to diversifying the econ­omy in order to alleviate the suf­fering of Nigerians.

Former governor of Niger State, Alhaji Babangida Ali­yu made this call on Sun­day in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

 “For many years we have been talking about the diversi­fication of our economy but we kept on relying on oil.

“Now that oil prices have col­lapsed and hardship have come, we need to diversify now; we need to have key economy is­sues discussed, agreed and im­plemented fast.

“Let us not leave people in the darkness of thinking that this government caused this, that government caused that, No.

“I think we should look at it that we made a mistake for many years by relying on a mono-econ­omy and mono-culture of oil and this is the time to really diversi­fy,” Aliyu said.

He called on Muslims to use the Ramadan period to pray for the nation, help the needy and change positively towards na­tion building.

Meanwhile, Nigerians are in for hard time as the country’s apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been told to limit across-the-counter withdrawals to N10,000, following a major drop in customers’ deposit.