Senator Shehu Sani has accused former CBN governor Chukwuma Soludo of having a hand in the nation’s current economic woes.

Sani’s remark is coming barely a day after Soludo urged the Buhari-led administration to stop the blame game and fix the economy.

Soludo, who was a guest speaker on Thursday at the 4th lecture series of the Progressives Governors’ Forum in Kaduna, advised that “The APC should go back to its manifesto and instigate framework that will engender the atmosphere for growth as Nigeria cannot develop with the current structure where institutions are created only to share from the federation account.”

Speaking on the fight against corruption, the former CBN governor said: “I don’t believe the way we are fighting corruption is the way we should go about it. We are only fighting corruption on the surface; we have to fight it from the systemic level.”

In an email sent to Premium Times, Sani said Soludo should not be quick to forget the role he played in bringing down Nigeria’s economy.

“If Soludo and his Government had actually implemented such lofty ideas of reforms, we couldn’t have found ourselves where we are today.

“It’s too early to forget the legacy of cronyism, elitism and vindictiveness that occasioned the past administrations.

“Soludo was lucky to serve under a Government that was powered by $140 per barrel and without the headache, heartache and bloodshed that has become of Niger Delta and the North-east.

“Soludo needs to be reminded that most of those today on trial for stealing our public funds were the same people rooted in the government he served before GEJ. Yes, PMB is tackling the ‘symptoms of corruption,’ but the symptoms were there for 16 years.

“If Soludo and others have combated the symptoms, PMB could have now focused on the ailment. It’s not in contention that blame game by the PMB administration against GEJ must end but under PDP three governments for 16 years, hardly a day passed without the same blame game on late Abacha.”

Sani also went hard on APC governors’ for inviting Soludo to speak on the economy.

“Those who invited Soludo did that to rubbish PMB’s economic policies that they don’t have the balls to do.

“What is the reason and the logic behind APC chieftains inviting a PDP economist to lecture them on the economy? The very party they consistently deride for ruining this country for ‘16 years’?”

Oludolapo Adelana

Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.