President Bola Tinubu has reiterated why it is necessary
Nigerians should endure the economic hardships brought by the removal of fuel
subsidy.
According to the President, he wished today’s difficulties
did not exist, adding that Nigerians must endure ”if we are to reach the good
side of our future”.
Tinubu made the statement on Sunday in his nationwide
broadcast marking the nation’s 63rd Independence Anniversary.
The President acknowledged the hardships that have come with his administration’s removal of subsidy policy.
”I am attuned to the hardships that have come. I have a
heart that feels and eyes that see. I wish to explain to you why we must endure
this trying moment.
“Those who sought to perpetuate the fuel subsidy and broken
foreign exchange policies are people who would build their family mansion in
the middle of a swamp. I am different. I am not a man to erect our national
home on a foundation of mud. To endure, our home must be constructed on safe
and pleasant ground.
”Reform may be painful, but it is what greatness and the
future require. We now carry the costs of reaching a future Nigeria where the
abundance and fruits of the nation are fairly shared among all, not hoarded by
a select and greedy few. A Nigeria where hunger, poverty and hardship are
pushed into the shadows of an ever fading past.
”There is no joy in seeing the people of this nation
shoulder burdens that should have been shed years ago. I wish today’s
difficulties did not exist. But we must endure if we are to reach the good side
of our future,” he said.
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