A clergyman Rivers State state and  minister in charge of the Assembles of God Church, Nvigwe in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Pastor Goddy Stewart, has said that lack of economic structures is the major  reason behind the recession being experienced in Nigeria.
Pastor Stewart, who stated this recently in Port Harcourt, while interacting with The Tide on the state of the economy stressed that the nation would keep crawling, if urgent steps are not taken to  introduce comprehensive economic  agenda to inculcate business in the minds of the electorate  at the  grassroots  level.
He maintained that, “the fact that government cannot pay salaries  is as a result of the poor economy, which  he said  cannot be blamed  on individuals”,  noting  that if the economy  is not  built from the base, the problem  would continue to persist.
The man of God used the opportunity to enjoin  political  leaders across the six geo-political  zones to go back to the drawing  board and redesign the ailing economy, saying, “Nigerians must tell themselves the truth. If you have to tackle  poverty you must  start from the root because  people at the top are not poor. If this  is not done and if care is not taken, Nigeria will keep on  crawling  sequel to the economic situation. This  is not a political matter rather universal,” he said.
The clergyman, however,  stressed the  need for the  nation to introduce micro-credit finance, to assist   in the  development of the vulnerable in Nigeria,  pointing out that it is the surest way for global  poverty reduction.