A chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said that the nation’s economy was HIV positive during former President goodluck Jonathan's administration before the advent of the Muhammadu Buhari's.
Ohakim according to LIB made this declaration at the 2016 Diocesan Synod of Ikeduru Anglican Diocese, while delivering a 52-page lecture, “Leadership in times of adversity: Navigating Nigeria’s turbulent economy" He said:
“There is no doubt that before the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Nigeria’s economy had been diagnosed HIV positive, but it was being professionally managed with anti-retroviral drugs”.