President Bola Tinubu on Sunday pleaded that Nigerians must endure fuel subsidy removal for the good of the future.
This was said by the president during his national address on the occasion of the country’s 63rd anniversary of independence.
He recalled making “promises about how I would govern this great nation.” Among those promises were pledges to reorganize and modernize our economy, as well as to protect people’s lives, liberty, and property.
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“I stated that big reforms were required to put our country on a path of wealth and progress. I declared the elimination of the fuel subsidy at the time.
“I am aware of the difficulties that have occurred. I have a feeling heart and seeing eyes. I’d want to explain why we have to go through this difficult time.
“Those who sought to keep the fuel subsidy and broken foreign exchange policies in place are the type of people who would build their family mansion in the middle of a swamp.”
“I am different,” the president proclaimed, adding, “I am not a man who will build our national home on mud.” To last, our house must be built on stable and attractive ground.
“Reform may be painful, but it is what greatness and the future require,” he stated. We are now bearing the price of achieving a future Nigeria in which the nation’s riches and fruits are fairly shared among all, rather than hoarded by a select and greedy few. Hunger, poverty, and hardship are driven into the shadows of an ever-fading past in Nigeria.
“There is no joy in seeing the people of this country bear burdens that should have been carried away years ago.” I wish today’s problems didn’t exist. But we must persevere if we are to see the bright side of our future,” the president stated.
