Lawmaker Commends President Tinubu For Laying Nigeria’s Foundation For Prosperity

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Mr. Alhassan Ado Doguwa says since assuming office on May 29, 2023, President Tinubu has been genuinely working to address the fiscal misalignments that have contributed to the country’s economic downturn.

Mr Doguwa said that Under President Tinubu, the country has attracted foreign direct investments worth more than $30b in 16 months.

He said; “President Tinubu has paid a forex backlog of $7 billion and cleared the ways and means of over N30 trillion he inherited from the last administration.”

“President Tinubu reduced the debt service ratio from 97 to 68 per cent and kept our foreign reserve at $37 billion. Only this week, the Economic Stabilisation Bills have been transmitted to us in the National Assembly to stimulate our productive capacity and create more jobs and prosperity in the country,” Mr. Doguwa said.

In the area of security, the lawmaker said said the government has eliminated over 300 Boko Haram and bandit commanders, including Kachalla Halilu Sububu, who terrorised the people in Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna for over five years.

“A fresh air is already permeating the North West in view of the onslaught against these bandits. Our people are now returning to their farms. We pray for a bumper harvest. We are also grateful to Mr President for establishing the North West Development Commission to hasten up the reconstruction and rebuilding of our geopolitical zone, which is the food basket of our country, “ he said.

Mr Doguwa expressed optimism that in a few months, the hardship being faced in the country would fizzle out as the President’s numerous interventions bear fruits.

The lawmaker also has punctured the statement of the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, that Nigerians would vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 polls.

He urged Kwankwaso to free and stop remote controlling the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, saying, “the disgruntled NNPP government has already lost focus and fell out with the good people of Kano State. No matter the noise Kwankwaso makes, the APC in Kano is already poised to unseat the kangaroo NNPP government in Kano State come 2027 following the non-performance, loss of people’s confidence and breach of electoral confidence of the NNPP.”

Mr Doguwa also said that Kwankwaso lacked the morality to speak for the people of the North, adding that his assertion was only a whimsical statement applicable to himself.

Kwankwaso, while speaking at a political gathering in Kano on Thursday, said Nigerians, especially Northerners, are tired of the APC and would change it in the 2027 Presidential election.

Reacting via a statement, he said Kwankwaso has yet to recover from the defeat he suffered at the hands of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election. Hence, he is hallucinating about the 2027.

Mr Doguwa, who represents Tudun Wada/ Doguwa Federal Constituency of Kano State, said Kwankwaso should stop the hallucinations and face his imminent retirement from the political scene in 2027.

Mr. Doguwa, a ranking lawmaker in the House of Representatives and the Chairman Northern Regional Caucus of the 10th House of Representatives, said that President Tinubu took over the mantle of leadership in the country 16 months ago when the economy was in terrible shape in all spheres.

Mercy Chukwudiebere