Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare appeals for tolerance over President Bola Tinubu administration’s reforms, saying the Nigerian leader ought to be lauded for his policies.
According to Dare, “You know, the subsidy was depleting this country. A few hundred were making billions out of it. Every president said they would stop subsidy. Not a solitary one of them did. We should give this man some credit. We probably won’t care for it”.
President Tinubu pronounced an end to the subsidy regime during his inauguration and later floated the country’s currency, all a piece of his administration’s reforms.
The moves have seen the expense of the fundamental product move from about N200 per litre to over N1,000 all over the country, pushing it beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians who solely depend on the commodity to power their vehicles, homes, and businesses.
In any case, Dare says the president is working resolutely to fix the issues and fulfil his promises and obligation to the country.
“Tinubu is proficient at governance. He is a man who burns the midnight oil when other men of easy virtue are carousing around,” the former minister of sports and youth development said.
“This is a man I worked with for a considerable length of time, and we rest at 4, 5, 6 in the morning.”
As per Dare, the removal of subsidy on fuel and other reforms by the Tinubu government are considered venturesome moves.
He said his principal took the “road less travelled” by carrying out those policies. Notwithstanding the unforgiving impacts of those programmes, Dare expresses out loud whatever Tinubu “has been doing is trying to fix the problem”.
Protests over the harsh economic conditions were held in August this year and another one in October as part of a push to make the president re-examine the policies.
Despite the fact that Tinubu recognized the challenges posed by his administration’s reforms, he has adhered to them, calling on Nigerians to be patient as they would yield profits eventually.
