The Federal Government says, notwithstanding the obvious challenges daily faced by Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu has planted the seeds of national transformation, growth and all-round development in his 100 day in office.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday to mark the 100 days of President Tinubu in office.
In the statement personally signed by the minister and made available to newsmen in Abuja, he appealed to Nigerians and the labour unions, in particular, to continue to support the government and show more understanding.
NAN reports that Tinubu who assumed office in May 29 after he was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election clocked 100 days in office on Tuesday.
The minister noted that, since assumption of office the Tinubu’s administration has been making steady progress and engendering national rejuvenation
He said, realising that the country was in a difficult situation with both local and foreign debts, Tinubu took a courageous decision to remove the fuel subsidy to avert a national economic catastrophe of epic proportions.
The minister described the scrapped fuel subsidy as “a Sword of Damocles that hung over Nigeria for decades, stunted growth and set the country a-borrowing”.
“President Tinubu took a bold and courageous decision to remove the fuel subsidy to avert a national economic catastrophe of epic proportions.
“In addition to subsidy removal, President Tinubu took further steps to unify the multiple foreign exchange markets.
“While these two vital steps to save the country from hitting the rocks brought momentary discomfort to Nigerians, President Tinubu has never failed in his appeal to Nigerians to see the current inconveniences as a price we must all pay to save our country from disappearing,” he said.
To ameliorate the pains, the minister said the government rolled out intervention programmes to help cushion the unintended negative impacts of the reforms.
The interventions, according to him, included, working out a minimum wage and salary increase, supporting states and local governments to enable them to cater for the most vulnerable and providing fertilisers to farmers.
He said the government also provided grains to people, in addition to rolling out over 11,000 CNG buses for affordable public transportation.
“While striving to reduce the impact of the high cost of living on the citizens, President Tinubu has focused on redirecting our economy and removing the impediments to productivity and competitiveness.
The Federal Government says, notwithstanding the obvious challenges daily faced by Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu has planted the seeds of national transformation, growth and all-round development in his 100 day in office.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday to mark the 100 days of President Tinubu in office.
In the statement personally signed by the minister and made available to newsmen in Abuja, he appealed to Nigerians and the labour unions, in particular, to continue to support the government and show more understanding.
NAN reports that Tinubu who assumed office in May 29 after he was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election clocked 100 days in office on Tuesday.
The minister noted that, since assumption of office the Tinubu’s administration has been making steady progress and engendering national rejuvenation
He said, realising that the country was in a difficult situation with both local and foreign debts, Tinubu took a courageous decision to remove the fuel subsidy to avert a national economic catastrophe of epic proportions.
The minister described the scrapped fuel subsidy as “a Sword of Damocles that hung over Nigeria for decades, stunted growth and set the country a-borrowing”.
“President Tinubu took a bold and courageous decision to remove the fuel subsidy to avert a national economic catastrophe of epic proportions.
“In addition to subsidy removal, President Tinubu took further steps to unify the multiple foreign exchange markets.
“While these two vital steps to save the country from hitting the rocks brought momentary discomfort to Nigerians, President Tinubu has never failed in his appeal to Nigerians to see the current inconveniences as a price we must all pay to save our country from disappearing,” he said.
To ameliorate the pains, the minister said the government rolled out intervention programmes to help cushion the unintended negative impacts of the reforms.
The interventions, according to him, included, working out a minimum wage and salary increase, supporting states and local governments to enable them to cater for the most vulnerable and providing fertilisers to farmers.
He said the government also provided grains to people, in addition to rolling out over 11,000 CNG buses for affordable public transportation.
“While striving to reduce the impact of the high cost of living on the citizens, President Tinubu has focused on redirecting our economy and removing the impediments to productivity and competitiveness.
