A financial management expert and lecturer at the University of Abuja, Dr Adelodun Sadraq, has advised Nigerian youths planning to take part in the proposed nationwide protest over current hardship to retrace their steps.
Sadraq said the youths should employ dialogue in resolving issues with the Federal Government, adding that it is only through dialogue that the youths can understand the situation at hand and join the government in proffering solutions to the problems.
Sadraq who spoke with journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State, urged Nigerians lamenting the present economic hardship to rally around President Bola Tinubu for the success of his economic transformation programmes and policies.
The university lecturer said the President’s moves “if tolerated and endured are the needed soothing balm that will propel Nigeria to greater height.”
Sadraq, a senior lecturer of Banking and Finance at the UniAbuja, blamed successive administrations for the present poor economic situation in the country, saying that, “The present economic woes did not just happened. It has been on and dragging till now, thus the desired solution may not as well be spontaneous “.
Expressing optimism that things would change positively before the year runs out, Sadraq predicted major shakeup in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and telecommunications, saying that the development would strengthen the economy.
He said, “There’s a likely major shakeup this year. Initially, the Federal Government was letting its plan out before its implementation, now it has realized that the tactics often defeat the plan; it has now decided to keep mum about it till it is ready to launch it.
“Nigerians should just be calm and take it easy, the situation on ground is not what anyone can fix in a jiffy.”
According to Sadraq, the situation requires aggressive moves from patriots like President Tinubu as well as perseverance of Nigerians to understand and support his efforts.
