‘I don’t expect Nigerians to keep attacking Tinubu,’ says presidential aide

‘I don’t expect Nigerians to keep attacking Tinubu,’ says presidential aide

 Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Constituency
Affairs, Khadijat Omotayo, has called on Nigerians to cease criticisms of the
president regarding the removal of fuel subsidies, emphasising that the policy
aims to benefit all citizens.

 

Speaking at a town hall meeting in Jos, Plateau State on
Saturday, the presidential aide defended Tinubu’s administration, highlighting
ongoing economic reforms and social initiatives.

 

Omotayo argued that the funds saved from subsidy removal
have been distributed among states and that the president has already
implemented salary increases for workers, with further increments expected.

 

She said, “I don’t expect us at this point to keep attacking
Mr President, who wants dividends of democracy to go down the states. If Mr
President is a partisan politician. He won’t let me come to Plateau State, as
we all know it is a PDP state. But I’m here to represent him just because he
wants to carry everybody along. When it was an election period, we fought for
it and got it. After the election, we have to carry all the good people of
Nigerians along.

 

“Yes, Mr President has removed the subsidy, but the
resources accruing from that removal have been shared with all states. On the
issue of salary increment, when last has any president of the country increased
the salary of workers? So, I think Mr President needs a little thank you from
us. He has not spent one year in office, and he has increased the salaries of
workers and he said this is not going to be the end of salary increments for
workers during his tenure.”

 

Omotayo also encouraged students to take advantage of the
newly introduced student loan programme, assuring that the repayment process is
structured to ease the burden on beneficiaries.

 

Governor Caleb Mutfwang, represented by State Commissioner
for Youths Musa Ashoms, commended Tinubu’s administration for its developmental
efforts in Plateau State.

 

“Mr President is doing a lot for us in Plateau, but like
Oliver Twist, we are only asking for more. Like you said Emilokan, as Plateau
state, it is our time for development,” Mutfwang stated.

 

Omotayo urged Nigerians to work collectively to build a
prosperous nation, stressing the need to question their representatives rather
than directing frustrations solely at the president.

 

“Please, we need to be asking our representatives questions
and not be attacking Mr President. He is rich enough to sit down in his house
and say, I’m not contesting, but he wants to bring back the renewed hope to
Nigerians, and that is why he said I want to do Emilokan,” she added.

 

The town hall meeting was attended by market women, youth
groups, labour leaders, traditional rulers, government officials and students.

Source: ‘I don’t expect Nigerians to keep attacking Tinubu,’ says presidential aide

 - NigerianEye

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