President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government has been adjudged to have succeeded within a hundred days in office to have laid a robust foundation on which the national economy will thrive, banish poverty, and return prosperity back to the country.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Abdullahi Gumel, who passed the verdict added that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had also shown strong commitment to Nigeria’s renewed hope in his 100 days in office.
Sen. Gumel said this on Monday in Abuja, at a news conference to mark the President’s 100 days in office.
According to him, the activities that had taken place within the period under review were shreds of evidence that the president is prepared to revitalize the Nigerian economy.
He said: “Tinubu’s courage to announce fuel subsidy removal on May 29 shows his determination to put Nigeria on the path of economic growth and sustainability.”
Gumel commended the President’s political will to dare a move that many governments before him avoided, adding that it showed his “love for Nigeria”.
He further said the President was aware of the impact of the subsidy removal, adding that he was making efforts to cushion the effects.
“President Tinubu’s resolve to revamp the economy was evident from the beginning of this administration when he announced the removal of oil subsidy, which has become a cankerworm”, he said.
“Such a daring move can only be taken by someone with political will and we thank him for that action,’’ he enthused.
He emphasized that the President was determined to ensure all the leakages occasioned by the subsidy regime were completely closed, in spite of efforts by beneficiaries of the subsidy to sabotage his efforts.
Abdullahi Gumel remarked, “The beneficiaries of subsidy will stop at nothing to sabotage this government. So, Nigerians should be patient as the president is doing everything to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal”, he said.
He explained thus, “For instance, the N5 billion released to state governments and other measures being put in place to ensure that the impact of the subsidy removal was minimized are all evidence that he means well for Nigerians”.
Gumel added, “Also, there are efforts by the present government to ensure that the price of fuel becomes affordable and cited the private refinery initiative by Dangote.
He thus narrated, “With the Dangote Refinery coming on board, the resuscitation of some of our refineries, and ongoing discussions around modular refineries, I have no doubt that the hardship will be short-lived,” he said.
He added that besides subsidy removal, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu within his 100 days in office, nominated and inaugurated the ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, FGN, whom he said, had swung into action.
He quipped that the President was also able to appoint Service Chiefs, who had “hit the ground running”.
Sen. Gumel further said the PBAT had also embarked on a lot of foreign trips, geared toward attracting investments to help revamp the economy.
“In spite of various distractions including the ongoing election litigation, President Tinubu has remained focused on delivering the dividends of democracy to Nigerians and we can all attest to that,’’ he said.
On the proposed warning strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the presidential aide urged the union to continue to interface with committees set up by the government toward finding lasting solutions to the problem rather than compounding the problem by proceeding on strike.
He said embarking on strike would disrupt economic activities which would set the country backward.
According to him, Nigerian workers should distance themselves from opposition parties doing everything to sabotage the present government’s efforts.
On the pending ministerial slots, Gumel said it would be concluded once the National Assembly resumed plenary.
According to him, names of rejected ministerial nominees will be re-presented for consideration along with the new names that will be forwarded to the national assembly for consideration.
He however noted the decision was the prerogative of Mr. President.
About Post Author
