Anita Ogona
Finally, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has admitted that there was a lag between the removal of the fuel subsidy and the plans to alleviate the hardships caused by the policy.
In a new address posted on his X account, he stated that all his “good and helpful plans are in the works,” but that “there was an unavoidable lag between subsidy removal and these plans coming fully online.”
He went on to assure that these plans would succeed, as he and his team are “swiftly closing the time gap,” and he pleaded with the public to “please have faith in our ability to deliver and in our concern for your well-being.”
Below is his statement:
“This period may be hard on us and there’s no doubt that it’s though on us. But I urge you all to look beyond present temporally pains and aim at the larger future.
“All our good and helpful plans are in the works. More importantly, I know that they would work.
“Sadly, there was an unavoidable lag between subsidy removal and these plans coming fully online.
“However, we’re swiftly closing the time gap and I plead with you, please have faith in our ability to deliver and in our concern for your wellbeing. We will get out of this turbulence and due to the measures we’ve taken, Nigeria will be better equipped and able to take advantage of the future that awaits her.
“For example, we shall fulfil our promise to make education more affordable to all and provide loans to higher education students who may need them. No Nigerian student will have to abandon higher education because of lack of money.
“Our commitment is to promote the greatest good for the greatest number of our people. On principle, we shall never falter. I assure you my fellow country men and women that we’re exiting the darkness to enter a new and glorious dawn.
“Now, I must get back to work in order to make this vision come through.”
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