Nigeria@63: 10 important things from Tinubu's speech President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has increased the salaries of the workers with the aim...
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Nigeria@63: 10 important things from Tinubu's speech
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has increased the salaries of the workers with the aim of reducing the pain of fuel subsidy removal. Tinubu said the salary increase is temporary and it is designed in such a way that it will not cause an increase in the price of basic commodities.
This is one of the things that the president of the country said in his speech to Nigerians on the 63rd anniversary of independence.
Here is a summary of his Sunday morning speech:
1- Salary increase
Tinubu announced that "a small worker will get N25,000 more on his salary in the next six months."
However, he did not elaborate on what the increase includes or when it will be paid, or how it will affect state and local government employees.
In the current situation, many states have not yet started paying the minimum wage of 30,000 Naira.
2- The pain of removing oil support
Tinubu said he is aware of the suffering Nigerians are going through as a result of the withdrawal of aid, but they must be patient, as long as they want the country to reach the heights of survival.
He praised the Buhari administration that preceded him for withdrawing the subsidy, which he said, "it benefited the rich more than the poor."
"Considering the lack of money in the country and the huge amount of money that the aid costs, we should use the aid money to improve the education and health sectors and announce the projects that will improve the lives of millions of people."
3- Style of government
He said that the measures that his government has planned to bring about the development of the country are: Confirming the leadership according to the constitution.
The others are to ensure security and peace, and to deal with young people and women very much; fourth, and strengthen anti-corruption agencies.
The fifth is to improve the economy for the development of the country, create jobs, fight poverty and ensure food security.
4- Security sector
Tinunu praised the security forces for their efforts to ensure security and suppress all security threats in Nigeria.
He consoled those who were lying on the right, and promised to improve the work of the security sector and provide them with all the things they need for training, equipment, working conditions, etc. in order for them to succeed.
5- Electricity
The President of the country assured the people of the country to have good electricity to revive industries and small businesses and to attract investors from abroad.
He said that once the works in the sector are completed, the country's electricity capacity will be doubled, and it will give the states confidence to build their own power stations.
6- Provide services
According to him, the government will look into the community's complaints about high taxes and other policies that are harmful to the commercial and industrial sector.
"We will do our best to ensure that local and foreign businessmen come in and make a profit.
"We will provide quality jobs for young people, and we will fulfill our promise to provide one million jobs in the field of modern communication
"We will ensure fairness and merit in the appointment of positions," so that all genders, disabled people and youth, make other sectors of the nation to be represented with a share in the government.
He said that the executive branch and the legislature will cooperate in making laws and planning how this will be, as well as "laws will be made that will improve the work system and develop small businesses and improve the lives of the poor and the elderly." .”
7- Agricultural sector
According to him, the agricultural sector will be improved so that farmers will be able to easily sell the products they have grown and reduce the cost of food by building a warehouse to prevent their damage and reduce losses.
"Agricultural centers will be established across the country in order to develop businesses that add value to crops; Moreover, the use of modern techniques in breeding will be promoted to reduce the conflict between farmers and herdsmen.
In this way, "Farmers will have more income than workers, food will be enough on the ground without being expensive."
8- Infrastructure
According to the President, he will pick up from where the Buhari administration left off in road and railway repair works as well as ports and airports.
9- Financial system
He said that in order to create jobs and develop industries and investments, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will reduce the interest rate to make it easier for businessmen who take bank loans.
The unified currency exchange system will also be reformed with the aim of preventing money changers from doing as they wish with prices, which undermines the value of the Naira.
Regarding the change of currency notes and the restriction of cash withdrawal by the Buhari administration, Tinubu said he will review the matter.
He said despite the benefits of the system, it has been difficult to implement, considering the number of Nigerians who do not have bank accounts even those who do not take their money to the bank.
Therefore, the old and new N200, N500 and N1,000 notes will continue to be used together.
10- Diplomatic relations
He said looking at how the crisis of leadership and coups have become common in countries like Nigeria