The minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, has said that President Bola Tinubu is working round the clock to make the country prosperous.
In an interview with ChannelsTV on Thursday, the minister urged Nigerians to be patient with the reforms of the Tinubu administration.
Recall that Tinubu, who came into office in May, initiated a string of reforms including the floating of the naira and the removal of the much-debated fuel subsidies.
The moves have triggered a spike in the cost of living with inflation soaring.
Malagi, however, believes these are bound to happen, maintaining that in the long run, these reforms would yield fruit.
“I want you to remember that the President is seven months old in office. I am not going to make excuses that seven months is just a short time,” he said.
“But for a long-term plan, you need a lot more time to put structures. But of course, as you trudge along, there will be shocks, turbulence, and occasional dislocations that you would find. But the vision of the President is very clear: he wants to take Nigeria to the desired prosperity.
“He works day and night to achieve that. Every day, all the ministers and everyone are working in that direction but the results are not seen yet. We ask Nigerians to be a little more patient.”
While admitting that the government is aware of the hardships Nigerians are facing, the minister reassured that the country’s leadership is working tirelessly to reverse the trend.
According to him, President Tinubu’s government had in the wake of the subsidy removal introduced some measures to curtail the impact of the move.
He listed some of them to include the wage awards to Federal Government workers and plans to roll out CNG buses across the country.