President Bola Tinubu has promised to roll out palliatives, urging Nigerians to be patient as he comes up with plans to alleviate their suffering.
Tinubu made this known while meeting with the 1999 class of Governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
The Chairman of the class of 1999 Governors, Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State, conveyed the President’s message after a closed-door meeting with the President, saying that the issue of subsidy is gone forever, expressing the belief that the situation will soon normalize.
He further underlined that all hands be on deck to foster a greater nation, particularly as the issues are beyond party politics.
The ex-governors were at the State House in Abuja, to identify with Tinubu, who was the governor of Lagos State from May 1999 to 2007, and to express solidarity over his recent policies since his assumption of office as Nigeria’s President on May 29, 2023.
Among the former Governors present are James Ibori of Delta State; Donald Duke of Cross River State; Orji Kalu of Abia State; Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom State; Adamu Mu’azu of Bauchi State; Sam Egwu of Ebonyi State; Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State; and Ibrahim Turaki of Jigawa State.
Others are Niyi Adebayo of Ekiti State; Bisi Akande of Osun State; Joshua Dariye of Plateau State; Ahmed Yerima of Zamfara State; Jolly Nyame of Taraba State; Olusegun Osoba of Ogun State as well as Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State.
