Nigeria's Adversaries Do Not Want us To Surpass Them – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has warned that Nigeria's adversaries do not want their country to surpass them, but he has also promised that with the help of the people, the nation will succeed.

Although President Bola Tinubu has warned that Nigeria's adversaries do not want the country to surpass them, he has also promised that with the help of the people, the nation will succeed.

“Pray for Nigeria, think Nigeria. This is not play time. Let us believe in ourselves. We must ask questions. What is happening to our solid minerals? No rival wants you to be bigger than them. We must be dogged. We have to sort out our problem ourselves,” he said.

As a result of his signing the Student Loans Re-enactment Bill into law, Tinubu stated that the future for Nigerian children would be brighter because it will now be easier for them to escape poverty.

“The only thing that can fight poverty is education. Today, I signed the bill for the Student Loan Scheme. Imagine the children of the poor; what about people going through the mud, fishing in the ponds? How do you tell their children that their future will be brighter? It is only through education that we can fight poverty. A promising future awaits our children,” he affirmed.

Utilizing the opportunity, President Tinubu also gave Nigerians assurances that the nation's economy is being guided toward broad-based prosperity and sustainable growth for families across the nation.

He said: “The economy is looking much better. Yes, we have challenges of inflation, but we will bring it down. When the exchange rate was going haywire, it looked like we were asleep, but we worked on it diligently, and it is going down; it is getting better. Borrowing was higher a year ago, but today, we are reengineering the financial landscape, and our revenue is expanding. And we are taking up our sovereignty and earning our respect back in the comity of nations.”

He commended the PCC and ICC members for their hard work in ensuring his election, recognizing their endurance during the process and urging them to guarantee more.

The head of state stated, “It is your footwork and footprints that made me the President. I campaigned on hope, and you promised Nigerians hope and a good result when campaigning for me. There are a lot of expectations. I, therefore, have to work hard for it. There is a windy road we are traveling on. We have to navigate carefully. Otherwise, one ends up in the bush, and that is all I have been focused on.

“It is your effort, resourcefulness, and dedication that has brought us here. The results will not come suddenly, you have endured the campaign, you must endure more, and I assure you that a very bright light beckons for you and your children. Nigeria will prosper, and we will all reap the benefits. We will work with determination and persistence.”

“Europe and America did not get to where they are today in one day, but through persistence and hard work, which takes time and consistent focus."

Among those in attendance at the breaking of Ramadan fast were Vice- President Kashim Shettima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Director-General of the defunct PCC, Senator Simon Lalong.