I’m aware of your pains, Tinubu tells Nigerians in the Nigeria@63 speech

According to President Bola Tinubu, he is aware of the suffering that Nigerians go through.

In his Sunday national broadcast, he made this claim and mentioned how hard his government is working to build a strong economic foundation for the nation.

In his statement honoring the nation’s 63rd Independence Day anniversary, Tinubu remembered that he demanded the elimination of the gasoline subsidy and other reforms during his May 29 inauguration as president.

Such measures, according to him, were required to set the country on the path to “prosperity and growth.”

“At my inauguration, I made important promises about how I would govern this great nation. Among those promises, were pledges to reshape and modernise our economy and to secure the lives, liberty, and property of the people.

“I said that bold reforms were necessary to place our nation on the path of prosperity and growth. On that occasion, I announced the end of the fuel subsidy,” he stated.

The President, while noting that reforms may be painful, assured that the nation is on its path to a future where “hunger, poverty, and hardship are pushed into the shadows of an ever-fading past.”

He continued by saying that the nation will eventually be in a situation where its bounty is “fairly shared among all, not hoarded by a select and greedy few.”

According to Tinubu, the Nigerian people must persevere in order to reach the positive aspects of “our future,” adding that the mass-borne burdens of today should be a thing of the past.

The President stated that his administration is making every effort within its power to implement measures that would reduce the stress on the general public.

The President stated that his administration is making every effort within its power to implement measures that would reduce the stress on the general public.

He said that his country’s direct fiscal and monetary policies were being implemented to combat inflation, promote economic growth, protect people’s lives and property, and provide more assistance to the weak and the destitute.

The President also said that a N25,000 temporary allowance for junior government employees will be approved over the course of the following six months.

In addition, he announced the creation of an infrastructure support fund, which would be used in part by state governments to provide aid to citizens affected by rising food and other prices.

The President also announced a plan to spread “cheaper, safer” compressed natural gas buses across the country. These buses will function at a fraction of the cost of current fuel, which will lower transportation costs.