Tinubu’s 100 days in office evidence of renewed hope for Nigeria- Sen. Gumel

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Abdullahi Gumel, says President Bola Tinubu’s 100 days in office is evident of his commitment to a renewed hope for Nigeria.

Senator Gumel, who stated this to mark the president’s 100 days in office on Monday in Abuja, said that the activities that had taken place within the period were evidences that the president was prepared to revitalize the Nigerian economy.

According to him, Tinubu’s courage to announce fuel subsidy removal on May 29 shows his determination to put Nigeria on the path economic growth and sustainability.

He commended the president’s political will to dare a move that many governments before him avoided, adding that it showed his “love for Nigeria”.

Gumel further said that the president was aware of the impact of the subsidy removal, adding that he was making efforts to cushion the effect.

“President Tinubu’s resolve to revamp the economy was evident from the beginning of this administration when he announced the removal of oil subsidy, which has become a cankerworm.

“Such a daring move can only be taken by someone with political will and we thank him for that action,’’ he said.

He said the president was determined to ensure that the leakage occasioned by the subsidy regime was completely eliminated, in spite of efforts by beneficiaries of subsidy to sabotage his effort.

“The beneficiaries of subsidy will stop at nothing to sabotage this government.

So, Nigerians should be patient as the president is doing everything to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal.

“For instance, the N5 billion released to state governments and other measures being put in place to ensure that the impact of the subsidy removal was minimized are all evidence that he means well for Nigerians.

“Also, there are efforts by the present government to ensure that the price of fuel becomes affordable.

“With the Dangote Refinery coming on board, the resuscitation of some of our refineries and ongoing discussions around modular refineries, I have no doubt that the hardship will be short-lived,” he said.

The SSA said besides subsidy removal, Tinubu within his 100 days in office nominated and inaugurated his minsters, who, had swung into action.

He added that the president was also able to appoint service chiefs, who had “hit the ground running”.

Gumel further said that the President had also embarked on a lot of foreign trips, geared towards attracting investment to help revamp the economy.

“In spite various distractions including the ongoing election litigation, President Tinubu has remained focused on delivering the dividends of democracy to Nigerians and we can all attest to that,’’ he said.

On the proposed warning strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) the presidential aide called on it to continue to interface with committees set up by government towards finding lasting solution to the problem rather than proceeding on strike.

He said embarking on strike would disrupt economic activities while setting the country backward.

He called on Nigerian workers to ”separate themselves from the Labour Party (LP), which is doing everything to sabotage the present government’s effort”.

On pending ministerial slots, Gumel said it would be concluded once the National Assembly resumes plenary.

According to him, names of rejected ministerial nominees will either be re-presented for consideration or new names will be forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration.

He said the decision was the president’s prerogative.