Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala commended the decision of Labour leaders to call off the nationwide strike and is assuring that with the crisis of the subsidy removal over, the government can now focus on tackling the issue of corruption and ensuring Nigerians rip the benefits of subsidy removal.
She said government is hard at work putting palliatives in place that will cushion the removal of subsidy on petrol.
In an exclusive interview with Channels Television’s Amarachi Ubani, the finance minister says corruption in other sectors of the country’s economy will be addressed as well, evidenced in the ports and reduction of recurrent expenditure.
According to the finance minister, it will not be business as usual.
Defending the government’s decision to deploy soldiers in key protest areas in Nigeria, especially Lagos and Abuja, Okonjo-Iweala says soldiers were to protect the ordinary Nigerians from miscreants who had hijacked the peaceful protest.
