Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is dealing with the tough and difficult activity of fixing the issues confronting Nigeria.
Shettima stated the present administration has no plans of deceiving Nigerians or making life tougher for residents.
This was as he assured that the present financial challenges confronting the nation would quickly be over.
He spoke yesterday in Lagos in the course of the twenty ninth pre-Ramadan lecture organised by the College of Lagos Muslim Alumni, UMA, with the theme, “Financial Reforms for Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects for the Future.”
Represented by his Particular Adviser on Political Issues, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the Vice President urged Nigerians to react to the present realities “in a accountable and mature method.”
He stated: “But, my brothers and sisters, we don’t have the selection of constant within the path that introduced us the place we’re right this moment. We’ve got to repair this nation, and failure to do that shouldn’t be an possibility. All of the choices we’ve are tough and difficult, and they’re, surely, extra telling on the poor. If there are simpler and dependable options to the coverage decisions we’ve adopted, we might have adopted them.
“Our administration doesn’t plan to make the lives of Nigerians tougher. Nor can we intend to deceive fellow residents that the change in path and the anticipated consequence will be achieved with out ache or sacrifices.
“We’re additionally acutely conscious that ours is a set of associated Nigerian issues, and the options we search should be genuinely knowledgeable by a Nigerian context, not the experiences of others or the preferences of particular international pursuits that are faraway from penalties of mis-steps or errors of judgement.
“We anticipate that Nigerians ought to categorical their emotions over our circumstances in a accountable and mature method. We’re additionally a deeply spiritual individuals, and we imagine within the powers of religion and prayers.”