President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says that everything he has done in office since assumption on the 29th of May 2023, have been carried out in the best interest of Nigeria.
He stated this on Monday during the January 1st New Year broadcast to citizens.
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President Tinubu acknowledged that in the past seven months his administration has taken difficult and necessary decisions to save the country from fiscal catastrophe.
One of such decisions the President recounted was the removal of fuel subsidy which he said had become an unsustainable financial burden on the country for more than four decades.
“Another was the removal of the chokehold of few people on our foreign exchange system that benefited only the rich and the most powerful among us. Without doubt, these two decisions brought some discomfort to individuals, families and businesses.
“I am well aware that for some time now the conversations and debates have centred on the rising cost of living, high inflation which is now above 28% and the unacceptable high under-employment rate.
“From the boardrooms at Broad Street in Lagos to the main-streets of Kano and Nembe Creeks in Bayelsa, I hear the groans of Nigerians who work hard every day to provide for themselves and their families.”
The President said that the government has worked to free captives from abductors.
He added that the government is working hard to ensure that Nigerians and all those who reside in the country have peace of mind in their homes, places of work and on the roads.
“Silently, we have worked to free captives from abductors. While we can’t beat our chest yet that we had solved all the security problems, we are working hard to ensure that we all have peace of mind in our homes, places of work and on the roads.”
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