{"id":177743,"date":"2025-09-05T07:02:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/economy-nigerian-leaders-can-lock-our-oxygen-zakka"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:26:38","slug":"economy-nigerian-leaders-can-lock-our-oxygen-zakka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/economy-nigerian-leaders-can-lock-our-oxygen-zakka","title":{"rendered":"Economy: \u2018Nigerian leaders can lock our oxygen\u2019 \u2013 Zakka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Petroleum\/Oil and Gas Engineer, Bala Zakka, had decried the nature of the Nigerian economy, stressing that anybody who says the economy is looking good and not experiencing stunted growth is not being honest.<\/p>\n<p>Zakka stated this on Thursday, when he was responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television.<\/p>\n<p>The petroleum engineer, who said that all the economic variables are down, lamented that the citizens were not enjoying entitlement in any sector.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the only thing Nigerians enjoy is oxygen, adding that if Nigerian leaders have a way, they will lock the oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will talk in my own capacity as a Nigerian, and I was not in politics yesterday, I\u2019m not in politics today, and I have no plans to be in politics tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, the economy is hurting. Nigerians are groaning in pains. The variables are down. There is serious poverty and the facts are clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I will say is right from the time we went into democracy to now, Nigerian leaders have been caged by propaganda merchants. And as far as those, propaganda merchants are not getting rid of, honestly, Nigeria\u2019s economy will finally grind into the valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who tells you that the economy is looking good. That person is not honest to you. Any person who tells you that the economy is not experiencing serious, stunted growth, that person is not honest to you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, there is no entitlement in electricity, education, health, agriculture and insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that we are enjoying today, that I strongly believe some of those economic vampires have no control over, is oxygen. Something tells me that if they have a way, they will cage and lock the oxygen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Petroleum\/Oil and Gas Engineer, Bala Zakka, had decried the nature of the Nigerian economy, stressing that anybody who says the economy is looking good and not experiencing stunted growth is not being honest. Zakka stated this on Thursday, when he was responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television. 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