Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said President Bola Tinubu is fully aware of the economic difficulties Nigerians are going through.
Speaking in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, he said the president is taking measures to address the situation.
He claimed that at times, the president drives around Abuja at night to have first-hand knowledge of the current economic situation.
Kalu said, “The president himself knows that Nigerians are suffering and hungry. He is a street person; he knows the street very well. The president some nights uses his car to go around and know what is happening in Abuja here.”
Kalu argued that the economic hardship is not unique to Nigeria, adding that many nations are still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to him, the reason other countries may not feel the economic strain as intensely as Nigeria is due to their longstanding economic stability.
He stated, “The impact of COVID-19 is still affecting economies globally. The only reason some countries are no longer feeling the COVID-19 impact the way Nigeria is feeling it is because they have built a robust economy for a very long period.
