President Tinubu says 'I Imagine what the children of the poor, those fishing in the ponds go through'
President Tinubu, speaking during a meeting with members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and the Independent Campaign Council at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday night, told the ‘party’ members that they must be ‘dogged as no rival would want them to be bigger than them’.
Also, addressing them on the general problems of disunity and insecurity, Mr Tinubu urged the party members and the Nigerian citizens to pray for Nigeria, think Nigeria and resort to sorting “our problems” as a nation.
“Pray for Nigeria, think Nigeria. This is not play time. Let us believe in ourselves. We must ask questions. What is happening to our solid minerals? No rival wants you to be bigger than them. We must be dogged. We have to sort out our problem ourselves,” President Tinubu said.
Meanwhile, reiterating his uncompromising effort to see the effectiveness of the Bill for Student Loan he has signed into law, the president said that he often imagine the situation of “the children of the poor” Nigerians.
He stated that the object of the Bill was to give the children of the poor, low income Nigerian parents a “promising future”.
“The only thing that can fight poverty is education. Today, I signed the bill for the Student Loan Scheme. Imagine the children of the poor; what about people going through the mud, fishing in the ponds?
“How do you tell their children that their future will be brighter? It is only through education that we can fight poverty. A promising future awaits our children.
President Tinubu again recounted on the recent forex market crisis that had nearly smothered the Nigerian economy.
He assured hope and commended all Nigerians, including his government agencies and ministers, hardworking private and independent bodies who are contributing resourcefully towards getting the economy back to working better after the phase of exchange rate challenges.
“The economy is looking much better. Yes, we have challenges of inflation, but we will bring it down,” he said.
“When the exchange rate was going haywire, it looked like we were asleep, but we worked on it diligently, and it is going down; it is getting better.
“Borrowing was higher a year ago, but today, we are reengineering the financial landscape, and our revenue is expanding.
“And we are taking up our sovereignty and earning our respect back in the comity of nations,” President Tinubu said.
He also acknowledged members of the PCC and ICC for their committed efforts toward his 2023 election.
“It is your footwork and footprints that made me the President. I campaigned on hope, and you promised Nigerians hope and a good result when campaigning for me,” President Tinubu said.
“There are a lot of expectations. I, therefore, have to work hard for it. There is a windy road we are traveling on. We have to navigate carefully. Otherwise, one ends up in the bush, and that is all I have been focused on.
“It is your effort, resourcefulness, and dedication that has brought us here. The results will not come suddenly, you have endured the campaign, you must endure more, and I assure you that a very bright light beckons for you and your children.
“Nigeria will prosper, and we will all reap the benefits. We will work with determination and persistence.”
“Europe and America did not get to where they are today in one day, but through persistence and hard work, which takes time and consistent focus.”
Then the Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Director-General of the defunct PCC, Senator Simon Lalong, and the Director-General of the defunct ICC, made courtesy remarks, thanking the supporters for having persevered and assured them that the President had not forgotten all their efforts and sacrifices election.
