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Nigeria Is Now Like Vietnam – Reno Omokri Heaps Praise On Tinubu
Change in the Horizon: ”Nigeria Is Now Like Vietnam” – Reno Omokri says after meeting Tinubu at Aso Rock
Omokri said the Tinubu administration has made progress in security, trade, and economic reforms, calling on Nigerians to support it irrespective of party differences.
….Omokri argued that the Tinubu administration has made some strides in security, trade, and economic reforms.
He cited the recent execution of some notorious bandit leaders in the North-West and the reduction of Nigeria’s terrorism index rating from 8% a couple of years ago to less than 7% as evidence of security improvements.
Omokri also highlighted Nigeria’s trade surplus of a combined ₦14 trillion in the first and second quarters of 2024, describing the feat as a laudable result of the ongoing reforms.
”One of the reasons for the first time we’ve had a trade surplus for two quarters was because we’re exporting more than we’re importing. So we’re having a trade surplus because of the national security implication, what they are doing with our borders,” he said.
He reiterated his support for the removal of subsidy on petrol, which he noted that the President’s opponents in the 2023 elections had also promised to do the same.
He asked Nigerians to be patient and support the government irrespective of party differences.
”For the past, we’ve been borrowing and borrowing. Previous administrations don’t have the courage to do what this administration has done – stop fuel subsidy. To sustain fuel subsidy, you need to be borrowing and when you keep borrowing, future governments, future generations are going to pay for it which is what we’re experiencing now.”
”Right now, we’re like Vietnam, our currency is now being stabilised, we’re now having more goods manufactured in Nigeria, gradually it’s going to affect you and I. So I want you to be patient,” he stated.
