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Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that 30 million Nigerians have fallen into poverty and agriculture has been destroyed under President Bola Tinubu.
He disclosed this during an interview with Channels Television on Sunday.
“The one that is here now, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that we all supported to be president, has been given the opportunity. What are the results?
“We have moved the exchange rate from N400 to N1,600; 30 million people have fallen into poverty. Agriculture has been destroyed because of stupid policies of making food cheaper through importation,” he said.
He added, “I am not the only person qualified to call it evil because I know evil when I see it.”
DAILY POST reports that the foreign exchange rate stood at N1,531.57 at the official market as of last Friday.
In 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics reported that 133 million Nigerians were multidimensionally poor. The agency is yet to announce any updated figure.
Tinubu’s ‘stupid policies’ destroy agriculture, deepen poverty – El-Rufai
