ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior has stated that President Bola Tinubu is not a magician that can solve the nation’s challenges in one year.
He appealed to citizens to give Tinubu more time to address the country’s economic woes.
The minister stated this while addressing the planned nationwide protest.
Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, he argued that an economy is not built overnight.
According to him, “What you see today is an accumulated mismanagement over the last 100, 60, 30 years.
“Mr President, to the best of my knowledge, never campaigned to be a magician; he campaigned as a statesman, he campaigned on the basis of ‘Renewed Hope’. Before hope could be renewed, it had dwindled.
“When you want to reboot hope that has been down, you need a bit of time, and we are on the right step.”
Tunji-Ojo said all the avenues of engagement and dialogue should be explored before a nationwide protest.
The minister insisted that the President means well for the nation and he has taken bold decisions including the removal of petrol subsidy which he described as a cancer.
He said Nigeria is going through a surgical process and will emerge healthy and strong. “We are pleading for time,” Tunji-Ojo said
The protest against economic hardship, which is gaining traction on social media, has been scheduled to be held across all states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, in August.
