Speaking at the workers' May Day rally held at the Eagle Square, Abuja, Jonathan said: “The challenge of the country is not poverty, but even redistribution of wealth among Nigerians.’’
President Jonathan, who vehemently said the realities on ground did not portray the country as a poor nation, but a nation whose abundant wealth needed to be evenly redistributed, adding that his administration was working assiduously and putting policies in place to ensure that Nigerians had access to financial resources to create wealth for themselves.
“Nigeria is not a poor country. Nigerians are the most travelled people. There is no country you go that you will not see Nigerians. The GDP of Nigeria is over half a trillion dollars and the economy is growing at close to 7 per cent. He Said.
