“Their circumstances did not begin with the reforms of the last three years,” the president said. “Their struggle is the accumulated consequence of decades of low productivity.”
The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV) says Nigerians are beginning to pay less for transportation.
Sa’idu Dattijo Adahama says Nigeria has attained political independence but has yet to achieve the economic independence its founding fathers envisioned.
Ogun state and NNPC have started plans to revive the long-abandoned Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas (OKLNG) project in Ogun Waterside.
“The emergency treatment is over,” the president declared. “The foundation has been repaired. The central economic task before us has changed.”
“Influential but regressive voices would have us abandon the treatment and return ourselves to the abuse of addictive subsidies, we must resist their siren song,” said Mr Tinubu.
“For too long, Nigeria’s leaders chose morphine while praying for a miracle that never came. They focused on symptoms while allowing the disease to take hold,” said Mr Tinubu.
“The reforms that followed were difficult,” Mr Tinubu said. “The side effects were real. Yet, we must never confuse the medicine with the disease.”
His wife, Lucy, and four others were among the casualties when the aircraft crashed near Marondera on Wednesday.
The extension gives ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) additional time to complete ongoing capital projects.
