Sacrifice Needed For Nigeria’s Restoration – Tinubu Tells Southwest Islamic Leaders

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja on Friday, October 20, 2023, said that in the history of successful nations, there is nothing more vital than the leadership of a nation taking difficult decisions at the right time and for the right reasons.

Tinubu said that the policies and programmes of his administration are aimed at achieving a fairer, better and honest society where hard work is rewarded and where laziness reaps little.

This was as he also that the country avoided the removal of petroleum subsidy for 40 years for which pains, Nigerians are all going through now.

President Tinubu, who stated these in Abuja on Friday, October 20, 2023, when he received in audience, a delegation of South-west Muslims faithful, led by Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, said for Nigeria not to collapse, his administration had to remove the subsidy, adding that if not, there would have been no money for the sub-nationals

He said that the current challenges facing the nation are only temporary, stressing that better days are in the offing.

He said; “We have to believe in one country; we have to believe in Nigeria. We will do our best, and our economy will get better for the benefit of Nigerians. I am very sure of that, and we are putting in the work to ensure that.

“It is about our future. We must guarantee our future. Almighty Allah will not give us a burden that we cannot bear. He has put us here for a purpose. It may look difficult; even rough, but it will get better”.

A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale said that President Tinubu commended the leaders for their prayers and support, assuring them that his administration is determined to empower the youth with skills and create an enabling environment for them to prosper.

The President of the Ummah, Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, in company of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, commended President Tinubu for his courage in removing the petroleum subsidy and for initiating necessary, even if difficult reforms.

According to Oladejo; “There had been no leader, military, or civilian that could break this hard nut of removing petroleum subsidy for us to grow as a country. You have done it. God will see you through”.