{"id":30663,"date":"2024-05-06T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/dont-blame-tinubu-for-nigerias-current-economic-problems-deputy-speaker-kalu\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:00:38","slug":"dont-blame-tinubu-for-nigerias-current-economic-problems-deputy-speaker-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/dont-blame-tinubu-for-nigerias-current-economic-problems-deputy-speaker-kalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t blame Tinubu for Nigeria\u2019s current economic problems \u2013 Deputy Speaker Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu has said President Bola Tinubu is not to blame for the present economic crisis in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu made this statement on Sunday after he feted orphans, widows, PWDs and the aged at his home in Abia State to celebrate his 53rd birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Speaker responded to questions from reporters, explaining that Tinubu is making a lot of effort to correct the mistakes of the past administrations, which led to the present economic problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hardship we are passing through was not caused by this man. It\u2019s a piled-up case of previous administrations and how they mismanaged one or two things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot continue to live in lies thinking that all is well. Tinubu wants to clean up the place so that we can have a sustainable livelihood. Let\u2019s keep supporting and encouraging him,\u201d Kalu said.<\/p>\n<p>He also foresaw a better future for the nation following the present unrest, urging Nigerians to maintain faith in the nation\u2019s current leadership instead of giving up.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Speaker claimed that hoarding wealth or living in luxury while others were impoverished amounted to cruelty.<\/p>\n<p>According to him: \u201cWhat is the essence of keeping things in the warehouse when there is hunger in the land? What is the essence of keeping things until the election periods?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not interested in the political party or faith. I\u2019m interested in the colour of humanity which is: if you are up, extend your hands to those who are down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s spread love, peace and unity, showing others that we care irrespective of their background or political affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t blame Tinubu for Nigeria\u2019s current economic problems \u2013 Deputy Speaker Kalu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu has said President Bola Tinubu is not to blame for the present economic crisis in Nigeria.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,15,466],"tags":[183,180,26],"class_list":["post-30663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kalu","category-news","category-tinubu","tag-kalu","tag-news","tag-tinubu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}