Economy: Tinubu assures Nigerian child’s future brighter with re-enacted student loans law, other initiatives

*President Bola Ahmed Tinubu urges the citizenry to continue to have faith in Nigeria by supporting his administration to succeed for the benefit of all, stating ‘Nigeria will prosper, and we will all reap the benefits. We will work with determination and persistence’

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the future of the Nigerian child is going to be brighter, as the path to take him/her out of poverty has been cleared with his recent signing of the Student Loans Re-enactment Bill into law.

The Nigerian leader stated this night on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, when he hosted members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and the Independent Campaign Council to Iftar in the State House, in Abuja, FCT.

Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential Spokesman, stated President Tinubu said: “The only thing that can fight poverty is education. Today, I signed the bill for the Student Loans Scheme.

“Imagine the children of the poor; what about people going through the mud, fishing in the ponds? How do you tell their children that their future will be brighter?

“It is only through education that we can fight poverty. A promising future awaits our children.”

President Tinubu especially used the occasion to reassure Nigerians that the economy is being steered onto the path of sustainable growth and broad-based prosperity for Nigerian families in all parts of the country.

He stated: “The economy is looking much better. Yes, we have challenges of inflation, but we will bring it down.

“When the exchange rate was going haywire, it looked like we were asleep, but we worked on it diligently, and it is going down; it is getting better.”

The President further noted: “Borrowing was higher a year ago, but today, we are reengineering the financial landscape, and our revenue is expanding.

“And we are taking up our sovereignty and earning our respect back in the comity of nations.”

Tinubu applauds PCC, ICC for efforts during election

Acknowledging members of his party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and ICC for their “rigorous efforts” towards his election February 25, 2023, President Tinubu asserted: “It is your footwork and footprints that made me the President. I campaigned on hope, and you promised Nigerians hope and a good result when campaigning for me.”

He equally acknowledged the fact that “there are a lot of expectations. I, therefore, have to work hard for it. There is a windy road we are travelling on.

“We have to navigate carefully. Otherwise, one ends up in the bush, and that is all I have been focused on.”

Tinubu stated: “It is your effort, resourcefulness, and dedication that has brought us here.

“The results will not come suddenly. You have endured the campaign, you must endure more, and I assure you that a very bright light beckons for you and your children. “Nigeria will prosper, and we will all reap the benefits. We will work with determination and persistence.”

While urging citizens to continue to have faith in Nigeria by supporting his administration to succeed for the benefit of all, President Tinubu averred: “Europe and America did not get to where they are today in one day, but through persistence and hard work, which takes time and consistent focus.

“Pray for Nigeria, think Nigeria. This is not play time. Let us believe in ourselves. We must ask questions. What is happening to our solid minerals?

“No rival wants you to be bigger than them. We must be dogged. We have to sort out our problem ourselves.”

In attendance at the forum were Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Director-General of the defunct PCC, Senator Simon Lalong, and the Director-General of the defunct ICC.

The statement noted they all in their various remarks, thanked the supporters for their perseverance, assuring them that President Tinubu has not forgotten all their efforts, and would not disappoint them.