The Presidency says that the economic hardship Nigerians are going through at the moment is temporary, stressing that things will start to turn around soon.
Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy made this known on Wednesday during an interview with The Tribune.
Since President Tinubu came to power in May this year, the sufferings of Nigerians have worsened after the government introduced some austerity measures, particularly the removal of subsidy on fuel and the exchange rate of the naira.
The price of household goods has surged with attendant effect on many Nigerians who are now calling on the government to do something fast about the economy.
But Onanuga described the current situation as a ‘temporary pains’ that will soon go away.
The presidential adviser appealed to Nigerians to be patient with President Tinubu that they will soon “begin very soon to see the benefits of the tinkering he has been doing”.
He said, “We are already seeing improvements in some areas, in the small things that matter.
“This government has eased the problem of procuring passports. The Ministry of Digital Economy is about to train three million Nigerians on ICT not just to provide the personnel to power our economy, but also to produce talent for export.
“The Ministry of Trade is also doing something like that, trying to train as many people as possible in various trades and it may not be strange to see us exporting bricklayers, and welders who will bring money back to this economy.
“We only need to enjoin Nigerians to exercise some patience because things are going to change for the better sooner than later. What we are witnessing are temporary pains and there are signs that Nigerians are going to start enjoying soon under President Tinubu.”
Meanwhile, President Tinubu arrived in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Wednesday from Germany where he spent five days meeting business leaders in Europe’s biggest economy to improve economic relations between the two countries.
