Bode George advises Tinubu to tell Nigerians truth about oil and gas sector

The PDP chieftain urged President Tinubu to revisit immoderate of his policies to enactment smiles connected the faces of Nigerians.

Chief Olabode George, a erstwhile Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), connected Thursday urged President Bola Tinubu to revisit immoderate of his policies to enactment smiles connected the faces of Nigerians.

George, who advised portion addressing a quality league connected the authorities of the federation successful Lagos, called connected the President to unravel issues astir lipid and state arsenic good arsenic powerfulness sectors to get the state retired of the woods.

“Having been trained by this federation and worked for this country, if I spot things not going the close absorption and support quiet, I volition beryllium failing. So, it is not a substance of fighting.

“Our state Nigeria is successful a governmental and economical intensive attraction unit.

“So, we request due surgeons- governmental surgeons and economical surgeons.

“We are talking astir radical who person gone done this before, who should beryllium capable to travel to springiness america that freshness of enactment to get out.

“We indispensable enactment smiles connected the faces of Nigerians nary substance wherever they reside.

“Well, immoderate of america tin manage, but what astir the myriads of truthful galore young Nigerians who cannot adjacent person immoderate meal,” George said.

Speaking connected the lipid and state assemblage and issues astir substance subsidy, the elder statesman urged the President to talk the information to Nigerians.

“In the lipid sector, we perceive astir substance subsidy today, the adjacent time we perceive determination is nary substance subsidy.

“So, what precisely is the truth? We privation to know. My cognition of the handling of the lipid assemblage of our state is precise disappointing,” helium said.

On electricity, the PDP leader, decried the precocious outgo of power, saying that the improvement had killed truthful galore tiny businesses retired of markets.

George, who expressed astonishment that not 1 of 18 state turbines bought by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo had been fired, said that regular and cost-effective powerfulness proviso remained the backbone of the economy.

“Even this office, we walk thing little than N3 cardinal a period present for lone energy and I wonderment however tiny businesses tin past successful this benignant of situation,” he said.

On the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest, George commended young Nigerians who went retired peacefully to springiness feedback connected policies to the government.

“It is normal, particularly successful a antiauthoritarian governance. The authorities is expected to perceive to those who voted for them.

“The Gen Zs are restless, and what is happening successful the northbound is simply a reflection of the restlessness of the youth.

“They person been to assemblage and graduated. Where is hope, wherever is occupation and wherever is food? They are bound to react,” he said.

On nutrient insecurity, the PDP leader, noting that the solution was not successful the importation of food, said determination should beryllium short, medium, and semipermanent policies to empower farmers.

On inflation, the erstwhile subject person urged the President to assemble erstwhile and existent managing directors of banks successful a closed-door gathering for the mode forward.

On the Nigerian Constitution, George, who advocated restructuring, powerfulness devolution, assets control, and electoral reforms, urged the President and the National Assembly to revisit the 2014 National Conference.

“I americium hoping that Asiwaju (the President) volition beryllium bold capable to betterment nation’s constitution. This is going to beryllium a decisive measurement of his committedness to this country,” he said.

On the caller Supreme Court’s ruling granting afloat autonomy to section governments, helium said that the Federal Government did not person immoderate concern with section governments.

Speaking further, the elder statesman decried the alleged high-handedness of Lagos State task forcei n impounding and auctioning motorcycles and vehicles of postulation offenders, describing it arsenic wickedness.

The elder statesman said that Nigeria indispensable hide the occupation of tribalism and spiritual bigotry slowing down its progress.