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  • Democracy Day: Its time for sober reflection – Tinubu

    The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Oluremi Tinubu has said this year’s Democracy Day is a time for sober reflection, reviewing performances and creating frameworks and action plans to make up for any shortcomings.

    Tinubu stated this in a message entitled ‘Half-year Review’ to mark Democracy Day, commemorated every May 29, and to review her performance in the last two years as a Senator.

    She noted that this year’s Democracy Day commemoration marked the mid-term of the present democratic dispensation and administration.

    Tinubu commended Nigerians for being resilient, as the previous year had been economically difficult, assuring that better days are here

    ”I congratulate the Nigerian government and citizens on the celebration of the inception of the Nigerian Democracy.

    ”The 2017 budget of Economic Recovery and Growth which was recently passed is positioned to consolidate the benefits of the 2016 Budget of Change and set us on the right path to a robust economy.

    ”This day, 18 years ago, Nigeria made a conscious choice to be free, to uphold the rights of the common man and to ensure involvement and participation of its citizenry in governance.

    ”It has not been an easy journey and has often, failed to meet the expectations of the average Nigerian.

    ”However, there is no doubt that this administration is on the right track, and given the right tools and effective application, this democracy will yield the Nigeria of our dreams,” she said.

    According to her, the All Progressives Congress-led administration at both state and national levels are committed to putting in place solid structures that would ensure that Nigerians enjoy full dividends of democracy.

    ”As the Senator representing Lagos Central, it is time to review my performance in the last two years to ensure it is up to date in addressing problems/needs of my constituents and Nigeria as a whole.

    ”Governance is a marathon, and for best results, is predicated on continuity and consistency. Thus, my commitment over the last six years has not waned.

    ”The well-being, effective representation, and promotion of better opportunities for the people of Lagos Central will continue to motivate my actions.

    ”Once again, I felicitate with all the good people of Lagos Central, Lagos State, Nigerians at home and in the diaspora and wish you all the merits of democracy, ” she said.

  • May 29: We’ll celebrate Buhari’s 2 years in office – Presidency

    The Federal Government on Thursday said it will celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s milestone achievements since assuming office (on May 29 2015) two years ago.

    This was revealed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Abuja.

    In his words: “We’ve been able to restructure the economy on a very sound footing, we’ve succeeded in not just looking for quick fixes, but we are addressing the fundamental issues of our economy, which is basically that we are moving away from relying solely on oil to other areas like agriculture, solid minerals and the rest.

    “But more importantly in the area of the economy is that for the first time, our emphasis is now more on infrastructure and capital projects rather than on recurrent.

    “And in the area of fighting insecurity and the criminality in the Northeast, we have a good story to tell. In the area of fighting corruption, we have a good story to tell, in agriculture, we have a good story to tell.

    “Before the Presidential Initiative on Fertilizer, what we had was that we were importing and subsidizing fertilizer and scarce foreign exchange was going to fertilizer subsidy.

    “Today, with the presidential initiative on fertilizer, we now take phosphate and potassium from Morocco and Europe and we now blend it locally in Nigeria here. And with that, we are cutting the cost of fertilizer by 33 percent.

    “Not that alone, we’ve been able to revive 11 blending plants. Before now, only five blending plants were working at 10 percent capacity, and we saved about $100 million in foreign exchange and about N60 million in budgetary provision.

    “In the area of power, we have signed 13 power purchase agreements with 13 solar companies. And that is going to add at least 1gw to the national grid. So, we have a good story to tell Nigerians and I think that is what they want to hear.”