Former President Olusegun Obasanjo suggested on Monday that Nigeria might consider engaging with the government of Zimbabwe to address the current unprecedented level of inflation in the country.
He pointed out that given Zimbabwe’s recent success in overcoming a similar challenge, the country in southern Africa could offer valuable guidance to Nigeria.
He said, “When the time is rough and tough, the tough must get going..no problem is new and no problem will be permanent. Committing suicide is not the end of any problem, confront it and take it to God because he could do anything. When you have a problem look at those who have had this problem before and how they overcame it.
“We have this problem of galloping inflation in the country now but do we have a country with such problems recently? Yes we do, Zimbabwe had this problem recently. Shouldn’t we ask them how they did it even if our approach will be different? Even if whatever we shall be doing will be different but we can ask questions to navigate our way out.”