A former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has hailed
President Bola Tinubu for hitting the ground running and taking bold and
landmark decisions after his swearing on May 29.
Speaking in Abuja on Sunday at a reception party held in
honour of lawmakers, Oshiomhole described the Electricity Act 2023 signed into
law by Tinubu as a game-changer, saying the President is living up to
Nigerians’ expectations as an ‘action President.’
While recalling how Tinubu campaigned to become President,
Oshiomhole said he had proved the naysayers wrong.
“Some people were screaming ‘Edo no be Lagos,’ when the then
candidate of the APC, now President Bola Tinubu, visited Benin City (to
campaign). But he said something back then. I remember him saying those who
said ‘Edo no be Lagos’ will leave and see Edo becoming not just like Lagos but
even better than Lagos. That same man is now the President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria with a legislative branch called National Assembly.
“He has also extended the tenure of our judges so they can
have courage to dispense justice without being afraid that they will soon
retire and wondering what they will do thereafter,” Oshiomhole said.
He noted that the new electricity law signed by Tinubu will,
among other benefits, curb electricity smuggling into neighbouring communities
of Niger Republic.
He said, “The President has hit the ground running. He has
started what he promised to do. People may not like the immediate effect but in
the long run, what he saves will be ploughed back in the system. There is
another one he said which many people have noticed. He said as President, he
will no longer accept the situation where you have the so-called national grid
that cannot carry power from Ovia to Azura power plant.
“As governor of Edo State, Azura power plant was set up
producing about 750 megawatts. But that power is sometimes taken to Niger
Republic and you don’t have power in Benin. The President has now signed a law
that says you can generate your power and consume it where you generate it. You
don’t have to transfer it to avoid collapse of the system that may leave the
producers and consumers in the dark. That is now a law. He signed it last
week.”
Oshiomhole said with the way Tinubu had begun, “what we owe
him is our prayers and in the National Assembly, we will work hand-in-hand with
him. We will interrogate policies, cooperate and ensure that the President is
able to translate into action all of those things that are well documented in
the Bola Tinubu action plan when he was contesting for office.”
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