House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas has said the reforms President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has introduced since assuming office have been working for Nigeria’s development.
He noted that though the reforms have been tough, they remained necessary for Nigeria’s further development.
The Speaker called for patience and demanded sacrifice from Nigerians to enable the nation to attain greater heights.
He said the reforms have engendered “gradual stabilisation of exchange rates, improved fiscal discipline, growth in agriculture, better revenues for states, and a return of investor confidence”.
Abbas added: “These improvements show that the path we are on is the right one.”
The Speaker said this yesterday in Lagos during the presentation of utility vehicles to some traditional rulers in southern Nigeria, which he facilitated through the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN).
It was the second time the Speaker was extending such gesture to the traditional institutions in the South, having done the first one in May when six royal fathers went home with brand new vehicles.
Previous beneficiaries nationwide included first-class and second-class traditional rulers in Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Edo, Delta, Ebonyi, Imo, Sokoto, Kaduna, Niger, Taraba, Nasarawa, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), among others.
The beneficiaries of yesterday’s gesture include the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, the Onikate of Ikate, the Paramount Ruler of Okobo Land in Akwa Ibom, Igwe Fidelis Ogbu of Enugu, Igwe Robert C. of Anambra State, and Oba Arole-Agbala of Ondo.
Abbas said the “interventions were not acts of convenience but “a recognition of the indispensable contributions of our traditional leaders to peacebuilding, conflict mediation, religious harmony, cultural preservation and community development”.
