Poverty is never Nigeria’s problem – President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said Nigeria’s problem was not poverty but wealth redistribution. He spoke on Thursday at the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress 2014 May Day celebration in Abuja.

But the organised labour which accused the government of double-speaking on the nation’s economy, advised him to be wary of ministers and aides who had been deceiving him with different statistics. It said the recent rebased Gross Domestic Product released by the government was at variance with the earlier claims by some government officials who had earlier said “the country was broke.”

Jonathan said government was interested in wealth creation and had intiiated a lot of programmes to create opportunities for Nigerians to have access to finance. He promised the workers that his government would continue to collaborate with the organised labour to improve their welfare.

On the insecurity in the nation, Jonathan said government was reviewing its strategies to curtail the threats posed by insurgency and other insecurity challenges. Punch