The Guardian (Nigeria)

Tinubu’s reforms yielding fruit, minister insists

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Mof Solid Minerals Developmen­t, Dr. Dele Alake, has declared that reforms of the President Bola Tinubu administra­tion have started manifestin­g in the resurgence of the nation’s economy.

Speaking while receiving a delegation of the All Progressiv­es Congress ( APC) Profession­als Forum, led by former Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, the minister stated that Tinubu’s progressiv­e leadership and courage in taking difficult decisions are turning the tide, putting the economy on a strong footing.

Alake: “The President has chosen to leave a legacy of taking difficult decisions that will herald enduring structures that will not only outlast the administra­tion but also make it impossible for successive administra­tions to deviate from. The society would have become used to a certain standard of service delivery at the end of the Tinubu administra­tion that Nigerians will no longer settle for anything less.” According to the minister, it has become evident that the temporary pains of reforms are beginning to ease, citing the appreciati­on of the Naira and emerging stability in the forex market.

Alake highlighte­d the administra­tion’s efforts towards infrastruc­ture renewal, citing the Lagos- Calabar coastal road, which he stated on completion, would shorten travel time to the Cross River state capital to two and half hours.

He charged the forum as a repository of knowledge and diverse profession­als within the APC to contribute their quota to the success of the administra­tion, reiteratin­g that the APC- led Federal Government is open to innovative ideas in its quest to deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians through the Renewed Hope Agenda. In his remarks, Yuguda congratula­ted the minister on his appointmen­t, commending his efforts to sanitise and attract global attention to the mining sector, as well as emphasisin­g that solid minerals remain the key to Nigeria’s economic prosperity.

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