Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his 2024 Independence Day speech has asked Nigerians to exercise ‘more patience’ with his administration.
“I plead for your patience as the reforms we are implementing show positive signs, and we are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel,” President Tinubu said in his Independence Day speech on Tuesday.
Speaking further, Tinubu said the economy is undergoing the necessary reforms and retooling to serve Nigerians better and more sustainably.
The President also stated that his administration has restored peace to hundreds of communities in the North, and that thousands of people have been able to return home. He said this will ensure farmers can return to their farms in order to ramp up food production and see a downward spiral in food costs.
“The economy is undergoing the necessary reforms and retooling to serve us better and more sustainably. If we do not correct the fiscal misalignments that led to the current economic downturn, our country will face an uncertain future and the peril of unimaginable consequences.”
“We have restored peace to hundreds of communities in the North, and thousands of our people have been able to return home. It is an unfinished business, which our security agencies are committed to ending as quickly as possible.
“As soon as we can restore peace to many communities in the troubled parts of the North, our farmers can return to their farms. We expect to see a leap in food production and a downward spiral in food costs. I promise you, we shall not falter on this,” he stated.