While describing Nigeria’s economy as worrisome, the first-class monarch urged the Federal Government to urgently put in place policies that will help reduce the current economic hardship.
He disclosed this on Sunday, at his annual Festival of Praise held at his palace in Ayetoro Budo-Ota with the theme: King of Glory.
The Ogun monarch lamented that the country’s economy has been sitting on gunpowder and could explode anytime if nothing is done to mitigate the suffering.
“The government coming on board is a new government and it is too early to judge the current administration. But I want the government to know that there’s poverty in the land, people are suffering and they need to quickly put some policies in place that will reduce the high level of poverty.
“If you have been following the economy of this country, you will know that Nigeria has been sitting on a keg of gunpowder for a very long time.
“Nigeria’s economy is a dead horse still standing. Tinubu inherited a dead horse. Let us keep praying for the present administration so that they get it on time.
“There’s anguish in the land, people are suffering, and the government should put policies in place that will reduce all this hardship. I see a better Nigeria in 2024,” he said in a statement.
Earlier in his sermon, the intercontinental Evangelist of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Johnson Kalejaiye, advised Nigerian youths to refrain from relocating abroad, assuring them of a better Nigeria.
He noted, “I am very optimistic, Nigeria will be better. A cow doesn’t know the value of its tail until it is cut off. They cannot know what we have here until they travel. There’s freedom here.”
