The Senator representing Edo North, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has applauded the Supreme Court decision which affirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election held on February 25, 2023.
Also, former Minority Whip, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Samson Osagie, in his congratulatory message called on the president to rein in those in charge of the nation’s forex to halt the drift.
In a statement, Senator Oshiomhole commended judges of the Supreme Court for their handling of all the issues raised in the petitions brought before them for final adjudication.
He stated that the judgment had decisively resolved any doubts, both within and outside the country, regarding the legitimacy of INEC’s declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the rightful winner of the presidential election.
Oshiomhole urged all presidential candidates who had pursued legal action to now rally their supporters, both at home and abroad, in support of President Tinubu and his government, enabling the nation to progress.
On his part, Osagie said; “ The skyrocketing rate of foreign exchange needs to be halted as a matter of national emergency. It is now doubtful whether the so call market forces are still responsible for this uneconomical surge in the naira decline.
“The current free fall of the naira must be the result of the activities of speculators who are daily trading in Forex to make excessive gains without producing anything or creating any job. This is an unpatriotic and unacceptable economic activity that holds no meaningful dividends for the economy.
“Mr President must halt this madness and get those charged with our monetary policies to rein in the traders in forex and their masters in and outside of government in order to stop the drift. As things stand today, trading in forex is the most lucrative business in Nigeria and it holds no benefit for the country and the vast majority of the citizens.”
