- He said the economic saboteurs were hindering the policy of government from having the desired results and making lives difficult and unbearable for Nigerians
The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has disclosed that the federal government will launch an aggressive campaign against economic saboteurs next year to check their nefarious and illegal activities.
He made the disclosure at a session with journalists in Iyin Ekiti on Monday, according to his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs.
At the session, Bamidele expressed said he was deeply worried about the activities of economic saboteurs who were doing everything to keep exchange rates high against the Naira or trying to make the Naira unavailable to the people who kept their money in banks.
He said the economic saboteurs were hindering the policy of government from having the desired results and making lives difficult and unbearable for Nigerians.
He therefore revealed that the federal government “will, from next year, go after economic saboteurs who are making life difficult and unbearable for Nigerians. The federal government will charge, prosecute and punish them for their acts of economic sabotage.
“All these will take place next year. In the long run, those who mopped up the Naira and Dollars from the markets will face the consequences of their actions. Those who mopped up the Dollars to keep commodity prices will definitely not escape justice.
“Those who are speculating are also on the watch list of the federal government. At some points, the federal government will have to go after them,” the senate leader revealed the plan of the federal government.
Beyond all these activities of economic saboteurs, Bamidele assured Nigerians that Nigeria would witness a true era of Renewed Hope that would herald development, progress and prosperity, citing diverse plans the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had put in place to transform the national economy.
He revealed the plan of the federal government, “to invest heavily in agriculture and agro-allied industries. We are equally doing all we can to harness our solid minerals potential as much as what we derive from the sale of crude oil. We are determined to sustain the daily production of 1.7 million barrels.”