President Buhari COVID-19: Coronavirus Affecting Our Revenue 1

President Buhari raises an alarm that the novel virus spreading rapidly across the world the Coronavirus COVID-19 is shooting major holes in the country’s financial standing.

President Buhari who received workers of the health sector yesterday March 10th told the Aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly Healthcare Professionals Associations to please moderate their demands on the government as responding to all of their demands could leave the country in a major financial quagmire, while assuring them that his government is working fastidiously to find ways to address the challenges the virus outbreak poses to the country’s economy.

In a statement released by Presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu, President Buhari said;

“Your case is certainly receiving attention, but you must bear in mind the condition that the country is in now. Coronavirus is not improving matters. It is affecting what we very much depend on, the petroleum industry and therefore revenue.

“So, please try and help us with your people. Let us be patriotic, let us look at the ways and means of the government and appeal for restraint…We have to emphasize that it is very important we maintain cohesion together, because if we allow sentiments or popularity to overwhelm our reasoning faculties, we will be in trouble and it will be too late for us to adjust, so please bear with us.”

President Buhari also expressed hope of his administration’s drive for food sufficiency in the last four years, coming in handy with the drop in government revenue.

He added;

“We thank God; God is very sympathetic to us. The three previous rainy seasons were good. We had good foresight in getting fertiliser, making it available and we virtually achieved food security. We made good decisions, and we saved hundreds of millions of dollars on importation of food. If not, we would have been in real trouble.”

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