Amidst the current pains and hardship caused by the removal of the oil subsidy by the President Bola Tinubu administration, a support group, the Northern Region Support for Tinubu and Kashim, has appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience and understanding.
The National Coordinator and Convener, Hon. Dahiru Hammandikko, explained that “the hardship was worse now because the decision taken by President Tinubu should have been carried out by successive administrations in the last 15 years.”
Hammandikko, who was deputy director, contact and mobilisation, North East of the APC Presidential Campaign Council during the 2023 campaign assured that situations would soon improve and that Nigerians would laugh last.
He said, “The removal of oil subsidies and the new exchange rate regime of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for now, has led to inflationary pressure. This is causing some hardship on the part of the masses.
“As the saying goes, there is no gain without pain. Like the President has said that while trying to give birth, one must go through the pains of labour, however when the child is born, the safe birth will keep the mother happy.
“The pain of a few hours would therefore lead to everlasting joy.
“Nigerians should see the economic reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from that perspective.
“If President Bola Tinubu has not taken those steps, it could have led to a complete crash of the Nigerian economy with its attendant social, economic and political implications.
“The pains we are currently going through, will soon go and by this time next year by the grace of Almighty Allah, Nigerians would begin to see the results of the steps that the president has taken.
“The President has just spent about 60 days in office. He still has over 46 more months to spend in his first term of 48 months, having spent just two.
“President Bola Tinubu is taking decisions that should have been taken over 15 years ago.”
Hon Hammandikko said Nigerians should give Tinubu some time, to allow his policies to mature and for us to begin to see the positive effects.
“The president has said he understands the pains of Nigeria, we should just exercise patience,” he said.
