The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the President Bola Tinubu’s vision of making Nigeria a one trillion dollars economy is already on site.
Idris said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the governor of Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah on Thursday in Enugu.
Freedomonline reports that Idris is in Enugu for a three-day tour of Federal Government’s projects and citizens engagement in the state and Ebonyi.
He said Tinubu has demonstrated the quality of a courageous leader by removing the fuel subsidy.
“At first, there were skepticism and compliant from some people did not really understand, but two years down the line, you can see that a lot of successes have been recorded.
“Now, all state governments have more funds to work and deliver dividends of democracy to their people. That bold decision has freed up resources needed to execute humongous capital projects.
“Now that people are enjoying the benefits of Tinubu’s bold decision, nobody is asking why fuel subsidy was removed.
“In the past, about 97 per cent of our budget was used to service and pay debt. Imagine that you have a family, how would you manage the three per cent looking at all the demands of school fees, house rent, other bills, etc.
“So, Tinubu has demonstrated courageous leadership, he is working and his plans to make Nigeria a one trillion dollar economy is in sight. It is like the take off of a flight. It has already take off,” Idris said.
He further explained that Nigerians would soon begin to see the light of that one trillion dollar economy becoming a reality.
Freedomonline reports that those in the entourage of the Minister include, the Special Assistant to Tinubu on Communication and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Managing Director of NAN, Malam Ali M. Ali and his counterpart from Voice of Nigeria, Malam Jibrin Ndace.
Others are the Directors-General of the NTA, Malam Salihu Dembos, National Broadcasting Commission, Mr Charlse Ebuebu, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Dr Mohammed Bulama and National Orientation Agency, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu.
Also in the entourage are the the President of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Dr Ike Neliaku, national leadership of RATTAWU, NUJ, NGE and others.
Freedomonline reports that the activities will continue with inspection of Federal Government’s projects and citizens engagement in Enugu and Ebonyi.
