President Tinubu has boasted about the growth the country has experienced in the Last two months in office.
President Tinubu was sworn in on May 29 after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC), the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu pulled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 6,984,520 to emerge second
The President during his live broadcast said that “we have saved over a trillion Naira that would have been squandered on the unproductive fuel subsidy which only benefitted smugglers and fraudsters”
Explaining how the money will be used, he said it would be directly channelled to support struggling families and education.
“We shall fulfil our promise to make education more affordable to all and provide loans to higher education students who may need them. No Nigerian student will have to abandon his or her education because of lack of money”
“Our commitment is to promote the greatest good for the greatest number of our people. On this principle, we shall never falter.”
Toward the end of his speech, he assured the citizens that “We will get out of this turbulence. And, due to the measures we have taken, Nigeria will be better equipped and able to take advantage of the future that awaits her” he ended.