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VP's father-in-law advises Buhari on solution to economic recession

Shoyode urged the new generation politicians to go back and study the socio-economic agenda of the then Western Region to tackle the issues of economic downturn.

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Shoyode, father in-law to Vice-President Yemi Oshinbajo, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at a free health progarmme, sponsored by a philanthropist, Dawodu Olatunji.

The programme, ``Health is Wealth’’, is a free malaria test and drugs outreach, held on Saturday at Solomon Hall, Mushin, Lagos.

He said the laudable programmes embarked upon and implemented well by the Obafemi Awolowo-led western region remained the best economic policy that might address the present day realities.

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``I will recommend that our politicians go back to those economic policies as a way out of this economic recession.

``Then, we have farm settlements which absorbed more than half of our graduates.

``I urge politicians to bring back those laudable social and economic policies and we will be better for it; even if they implement 30 per cent of it, Nigeria will be great again.

``We need to go back to the farm settlements because many jobs will be created through it and thousands of our unemployed youths will be absorbed by the programme.

``The old western region’s socio-economic programmes remain the best politicians could copy from. Even if we can achieve 30 per cent it will reach every corner of this country,’’ he said.

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Shoyode also said that agriculture should be the mainstay of the economy because of its capacity to absorb as many people as might want to engage in it.

``Agriculture will combat unemployment and bring quality implementable programmes that will positively impact the lives of people.

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