In a statement to Premium Times on Friday, Shehu Sani further stated that:
"Nigeria's capitalist forces raped Nigeria into recession and now they want to kill and bury it.
"There is currently nothing to show for the sale of government houses, (and) firms. The advocates of the sale of our collective national asset simply want to dispossess Nigerians and expand their business empire.
"They call themselves private sector and businessmen; they refused to invest in agriculture, solid minerals or science and technology, they simply want to buy off the profitable public asset.
"There are no captains of industry in Nigeria other than crony businessmen, rent seekers, commission agents who depend on patronage from the government."
He, therefore, called on Nigerians to rise up against any attempt to sell the country's asset, arguing that, "Selling our national asset to stem recession is like selling one's lungs to buy food.