*It was in a bad state when he came into power in 2023
When Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, had his constituency briefing/empowerment programme, at Ikot Ekpene on Tuesday, he said President Bola Tinubu is working to turn Nigeria’s economy around.
He added that the country’s economy was in a bad state when Tinubu was sworn in as President in May 2023, Akpabio added that the President was “determined to fix the economy and touch the lives of Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic, religious or party affiliations.
“President Tinubu met a very bad condition on the ground; nobody envied him; he said he was determined to change the situation; let us encourage him to change the situation.
“We believe that at the end of the day, we will move the country forward. He did it in Lagos before; he will do it again in Nigeria; just give him time; he will take us to our El Dorado.
“I want us to know that Nigeria was on life support when the people voted Tinubu to become the president.
“One day I asked him, Mr President, after becoming the president and seeing the level of the economy that Emefiele left behind, are you excited? He said, well, I’m determined to change the situation,” Akpabio said.
Akpabio, as reported by Freedom on Line, also stated that the president had touched many lives through continuous constituency projects across the country.
He also said that the regional commissions recently established by the Federal Government were aimed at developing the regions and empowering people.
According to Akpabio, the president has shown so much love to the South-East by giving a key ministry – the ministry of Works – to them and signing the South-East Development Commission bill into law.
“South-East has lots of ecological problems; it has very poor roads, just like the South-South and Mr President decided to give us the ministry of works in addition to other key ministries, even the petroleum and gas ministry,” he said.
Akpabio used the occasion to distribute bags of rice, cars, generating sets, deep freezers, tractors, tricycle vans, mini-buses, motorcycles, sewing machines and make-up kits.
The senate president also disbursed N200,000 to 2,000 undergraduates, among other empowerment items.
He said that the gesture was supported by the president to thank the people for their votes and support.
He commended Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State for his peaceful disposition and for extending hands of friendship by sending 1,000 bags of rice to the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in the state.