Omokri: Buhari’s absence is good for the economy

Reno Omokri, an aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, says the economy has fared better in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking at the conservative international summit in Miami, Florida, on saturday, Omokri said the value of the naira picked up during the period that Buhari left the country.

“The Nigerian Stock Exchange contracts when President Buhari surfaces and expands when he goes on his many foreign trips especially to his London doctors,” Omokri said.

Buhari is currently on an indefinite visit to the UK, where he is receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment.

Omokri, who sid he was invited to the conference as a conservative strategist, referred to Acting President Yemi Osinbanjo as a better leader than Buhari.

He said Nigeria is currently experiencing “much-needed relief” under the leadership of  Osinbajo than it did under Buhari.

“These are historical facts that show that the acting President is a better manager of men and resources than his boss,” Omokri said.

He called for the world’s conservatives “to rally round Nigerian acting president who was recently undermined by being named ‘coordinator’ rather than acting president in his boss’s letter to Nigeria’s parliament”.

Omokri said the administration of Jonathan remains the best in terms of achievements and pro-democratic stance.

The conference was declared open by Scott Rock, Florida’s governor.

Some of the speakers at the conference were: José María Aznar, a former primer minister in Spain; Ben Murray-Bruce, Nigerian senator, who spoke on ‘How to Appeal to the World’s Forgotten 70%’ and Kent Lassman, president and chief executive officer of the competitive enterprise institute.