”My Plan For A Better Nigeria- Tinubu

As part of the celebrations to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has delivered a nationwide broadcast, where he detailed his plans for a prosperous Nigeria.
In his statewide broadcast on Thursday morning, the president said his administration has laid a solid foundation for the nation’s future prosperity, saying all his government has done in three years was to put the country on the right “course.”
“My fellow Nigerians, we have reached a turning point. The emergency treatment is over,” he said.
The president also outlined his administration’s plans for a better Nigeria, to include economic, social and political development, which he said is more than merely “a larger economy, abstract numbers or better statistics.”
“I mean a Nigeria in which the farmer can cultivate his land safely, produce more at lower cost, and earn a decent return for his labour. A Nigeria in which factories have reliable power, businesses can obtain credit, and young people can find productive work. A Nigeria in which food and transportation are affordable, education is within reach, and hard-working families can look towards the future with confidence,” Tinubu said.
He stressed that things are already looking good for the country, saying the focus now is to bring down the cost of living and ensure that the nation is self-sufficient in the production of goods for the consumption of Nigerians, adding that there are abundant human and natural resources to transform the plans to reality.
Tinubu: “We have the land and people to feed ourselves. My government is therefore focused on expanding mechanised irrigation and dry-season farming, improving access to seeds and fertiliser, holistically increasing mechanisation, and investing in storage and transportation. We are building and completing the roads, railways and ports that connect farms and factories to markets.
“Our logic is simple. When a farmer produces more cheaply, when fewer crops are lost between the farm and the market, when a manufacturer spends less on electricity, when a truck reaches its destination faster, and when the business environment fosters fair competition, all those savings will ultimately find their way into the price of goods in the market.
“But prosperity requires more than cheaper goods. It requires productive work.
“Nigeria is a young country. Millions of young Nigerians enter adulthood every year with talent, energy and ambition. Our responsibility is to ensure that this great demographic strength becomes an engine of production rather than a source of despair.
“We are therefore placing jobs, enterprise, and industrial growth at the heart of our government’s policies,” he said.