President Bola Tinubu says he will push ahead with economic reforms if re-elected, insisting the hard choices already made are starting to steady Nigeria’s economy.
Speaking at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Tinubu said his government would keep pursuing tough reforms to reset the economy and improve governance.
Asked what he would focus on if re-elected, he replied: “Do more work. More challenges are there. The world won’t wait for anybody. You have to continue to reset and rethink, challenge our intellectual curiosity as a government.”
Tinubu defended the removal of fuel subsidy and the unification of the foreign exchange market, calling them painful but necessary. “It is a fake life to think you can, in a global economy, continue the subsidy that is wasteful. It’s an encouragement to falsification of papers, smuggling, and that is a very critical situation for the country,” he said.
He admitted the reforms brought hardship but argued they were already paying off. “Today, there is a very bright light at the end of the tunnel; the economy is stable, the naira is stable and predictable,” he said.
Tinubu also said his administration was giving cash support to vulnerable families and helping poor students stay in school. He praised the Dangote Refinery and BUA Group, saying local businesses creating jobs deserved government backing.
