President Bola Tinubu says the future of the Nigerian child will be brighter as the path to take them out of poverty has been cleared with the Students’ Loans Re-enactment Bill.
The President said this when he hosted members of the APC
Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and the Independent Campaign Council (ICC)
to Iftar on Wednesday in Abuja.
“The only thing that can fight poverty is education. Today,
I signed the bill for the Students’ 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,” the president said.
Tinubu also used the occasion to reassure Nigerians that the
economy was being steered to the path of sustainable growth and broad-based
prosperity for Nigerian families.
“The economy is looking much better. Yes, we have challenges
with inflation, but we will bring it down.
”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,” Tinubu said.
He acknowledged the contributions of the members of the PCC
and ICC toward his election in February 2023.
“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.
“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,” he said.
Tinubu urged the citizens to continue to have faith in
Nigeria by supporting his administration to succeed for the benefit of all.
He said, “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.”
Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill
Akpabio, Director-General of the defunct PCC, Sen. Simon Lalong, and the
Director-General of the defunct ICC, in their various remarks, thanked the
supporters for their perseverance.
They assured them that the president had not forgotten their
invaluable efforts and he would not disappoint them.
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