After Minister of Finance Wale Edun claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s printing of N22 trillion by the Central Bank of Nigeria caused inflation, All Progressive Congress member Bashir Ahmad replied. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
The Finance Minister reportedly told PUNCH that eight years of money printing by President Muhammadu Buhari was the cause of the inflation.
He was quoted as saying, “We talked about inflation, and you have helped to solve that. Where has it come from? It came from the eight years of just printing money not matched by productivity. It’s not like when you earn dollars and you free the naira alongside it, although there’s even a better way than that”.
However, Bashir Ahmad has now reacted to the statement that was made by the Minister of Finance. In a post that he shared on his official X handle on Thursday, he said he finds it difficult to understand why a government would keep amplifying the faults of the previous administration instead of acknowledging the numerous achievements of the administration.
Bashir Ahmad wrote on his official X handle;
“I often wonder why, as a government, we concentrate more on amplifying the faults of the previous administration rather than acknowledging its numerous achievements. The PDP seems to have a more skillful approach to politics than we do in the APC. As Abdul’aziz has pointed out, it’s rare to find instances where President Yar’adua’s (PDP) government criticized President Obasanjo’s (PDP) or where President Jonathan’s (PDP) government faulted President Yar’adua’s (PDP)”. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
