* Urges Nigerians to be patient
Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu’s government, expressing belief in its economic policies, which he said will pay off soon.
Otti, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), said this after visiting Tinubu in his Lagos residence.
“You know, he came in at a difficult time when inflation was close to 30 per cent, the national debt almost $40 billion, and unemployment close to 33.3 per cent,” he told journalists on Sunday.
“The President has been very courageous, unifying the exchange rate and removing fuel subsidy which had become a scam and costing the nation a lot of money,” Otti added.
“Those policies are good, but they come with their negative sides. They come with challenges for an economy where over 60 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line.
“So, it’s not going to be easy immediately but I believe that if we are patient and if we go through the policies without compromising, over time, things will turn around.”
During the visit, Otti thanked President Tinubu for his intervention on the long-abandoned Aba end of the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway, which led to the resumption of work on the reconstruction of the Federal highway.