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Monday, September 26, 2016

Minister Of Finance Kemi Adeosun Says She Does Not Know When Recession Will End.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has declared that she does not know when the economic recession in Nigeria will end.
Her statement is coming barely one week after the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele stated that the country would come out of recession before December.




Emefiele had said, “We are already in the valley, the only direction is to go up the hill and the government is doing everything possible to ensure that we move up the hill. I am optimistic that based on the actions being taken by the monetary and fiscal authorities, the fourth quarter results will show evidence that we have started to move out of recession.


“The worst is over. The Nigerian economy is on the path of recovery and growth. So, please if you are a bystander or sideliner, you are losing; join the train now before it leaves the station.”
The minister, however, said that some of the efforts of the government to boost the economy were yielding positive result.
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja over the weekend, Adeosun said, “I don’t want to predict when we will get out of recession. Let me tell you that we will get into growth and that’s how you get out of recession, because of the stimulus that we are providing.

“And it may take longer than we would like, but we will definitely get out of it. We are already seeing some positive signs in agriculture and solid minerals and with what we are trying to do with other sectors, I am very sure we will get out of it soon.”
The minister explained that despite the recession, lots of foreign investors were still interested in coming to Nigeria.

According to her, the Federal Government had yet to take a final decision on which of the country’s national assets would sold to finance the 2016 budget.
She said, “I think there are a number of assets that are being considered and I don’t think we have said this one or that one. There are some unused assets that are just lying idle, which people have come and suggested that ‘these things you are not using, can we lease them from you for money?’

“Hence, when they lease them from us, the taxes are still going to come to us. So, there are some things the government is sitting on, we don’t have money to do it; it makes sense for me to unlock those things to bring money into the economy at these difficult times so that we can move forward.

“We have not got to the stage of saying it’s this asset, or that. But should we just keep on borrowing or shall we know that things are a lot more difficult than we envisaged and turn on to an alternative strategy, which is looking at some of the underutilised assets and releasing them.”

She added, “We think that the infrastructure challenges that we face are so serious and the kind of money that we need, we can’t borrow. When you have an accumulated deficit, you need to look for the money that will sustain what you are doing for the next three to four years.
“That is what we are doing, having more of a strategic approach so that over time, we will borrow less, and which of course is good.”

When asked what type of sale arrangement the government was considering for the national assets, the minister said it depended on the asset classes.
She said, “It depends on which one. There are some assets which you can lease and others you may need to divest from. The investor will also have to look at the risks and the pricing. Some assets just make sense to just leave them and there are some, which you may just sell but still hold on to the majority stake.
“You can sell to the Nigerian people and list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. So, there are different kinds of sales.”

When asked if she was disappointed that the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria did not reduce the benchmark lending rate to make domestic borrowing attractive as suggested by her, the minister said the government would explore other cheaper sources of funds, particularly from international institutions.

She said, “We are looking at a range of options and one of the biggest issues for us was the cost of borrowing. Of course, the government is the biggest borrower. So, what we have said from the beginning was that we will look for cheaper funds to bring down our cost of borrowing.
“Currently, it is cheaper to borrow internationally than to borrow locally. So, we are working with the Debt Management Office to try and refinance some of the existing local debts into external to get lower interest rates and to structure them over the medium term.


“That will reduce our cost of debt servicing and increase the amount of money available for capital projects, which is really our focus.”
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*By December we will know who is saying the truth on Recession ending.



55 comments:

  1. wetin she know self?
    she no no nothing!

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    1. My only prayer is for God to always provide for His own.

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    2. True. The recession doesn't seem like it's gonna end anytime soon. She needs to tell Nigerians the truth. It's gonna take a collective effort

      Contact us for all your express ERRANDS within and outside Lagos

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    3. This face should be an emoticon for clueless! Naija don surfer,na wa o!

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    4. This woman been dey fine oh, the stress don panel beat her face. E pele ma

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    5. I dont know why ppl keep calling her a baby. For information sake, she is 49 going on 50. No excuse sha, she is still incompetent.

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  2. We're in a long thing, we don enter this already





    *Larry was here*

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  3. Stella dont you have fine pictures of this woman Madam Recession. This one is looking like the recession itself

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  4. Incompetence begets incompetence
    A useless president appointed a clueless Finance minister that does not know simple addition and subtraction.

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    1. gbammest,very dull woman,werey.mad woman didn't she see wat her predecessor did,this foolish kemi has killed all d SME's in nigeria, her with her boyfriend buhari came n destroyed what they didn't build n can never build,idiots,

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  5. We don enter one chance for this people hand.

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  6. Stella, kemi doesn't know what she's doing nau.

    Na today u know?

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  7. Where is the improvement in Agriculture. A paint of garri here in benin is now #700. In a short while, people will start eating grass

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  8. "According to her, the Federal Government had yet to take a final decision on which of the country’s national assets would be sold to finance the 2016 budget"

    Budget kwa???
    Are we still on it?
    I thought the federal govt borrowed billions of dollars and when asked why,they said it was to fund d budget...how then does she explain the statement above?
    This govt sha...I'm beginning to lose faith in its capabilities

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  9. Hmmm, I pray it'll end before December.


    God Bless Everyone.

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  10. Just finished reading.missed sdk.. Just 2days feels like forever.

    So my sister chinelo is getting married?? My Idea to sister.

    I TAP! TAP!! TAP!!!

    Am next in line... God the boo provider, do not forget me..

    Please no one boo application mail Needed!!!

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  11. Clueless, inexperienced baby finance minister.

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  12. Madu atokwanu bikonu!...
    Where are all those people saying it will get worse to get better?...
    You people should come and explain!...

    Vuharia should resign period!..

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  13. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    To be frank this woman is clueless and should sacked immediately....
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  14. Oshiomhole is not saying anything now.

    Madam Kemi, I dey wait o.

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  15. Apparently,the synergy and correlation between these two financial institutions is missing.
    I remember watching on TV last week, one of the honourable member saying that CBN is always singing a different song from the ministry of finance.
    This is one chance.

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  16. Hw wil she kno,dullard.
    Wit her face like AYAMANTANGA.
    resign already.

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  17. God have mercy... Ati wo one chance bayi, olohun akowa yo...

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  18. Clueless government with a clueless cabinet .

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  19. We entered this problem with our 2 legs and korokoro eyes. Let it continue, we must survive.

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  20. Were it to be in saner clime, this woman would have tendered her own resignation. A person that said that 16+6 =24 has no business being any country's finance minister. But this is Nigeria anything goes mediocrity is the order of the day

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  21. A plastic of fanta is N150. From 100 or N120. God help us

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  22. #Being defeated is often a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent*

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  23. This is the only minister who tries very hard to speak with a cockney accent over and above the sense she is making on issues....

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    1. Lmao! Thought I alone noticed... Kai yea Bfeees are the bestest!

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    2. She isn't faking it. You can tell it's her natural accent.

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  24. Tighten ur seat belts o! Nigeria will crash soon, we pray for Gods intervention cos this govt. is just doing trial and error with Nigeria

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  25. I don't know why my comment is not visible

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  26. Mine is dt 2019 should come fast so dt anoda person/party can take over
    God's children will continue to hv something 2 fall on

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  27. Enter your comment...pray it shall be well again with nijia


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