Tinubu’s Policies Saved Nigeria From Economic Collapse – Commission Member

Board member, North East Development Commission, Hon. Sam Onuigbu, has said President Bola Tinubu’s transformative policies saved the country from near economic collapse.

Onuigbu made the assertion while speaking to LEADERSHIP in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, yesterday, on the president’s chances of being reelected in the forthcoming 2027 general election.

His words:” I’m convinced that President Tinubu will be reelected because he has taken decisions that are focused towards repositioning the country for prosperity and growth.”

“We know that we have challenges; insecurity, bombings, pockets of disturbances here and there, but it is clear that like an aircraft, he took-off in a storm. But now he is at cruising stage.”

The former member of the House of Representatives for Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency from 2015 to 2023 maintained that his conviction is based on public knowledge about the economy.

“This is based on facts from an inquiry I made. Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show that prices of food items have been coming down steadily, and that has been validated.”

He argued that inflation, which was from 20 to 30 percent had come down to 14 per cent. “And when you put this together and know that he has unified the foreign exchange, you will understand better.”

Onuigbu, who served as commissioner for Lands, and later Finance in the state, counted availability of petrol across the country during the Yuletide as one of the gains of the polices.

“Nobody has gone out with jerry can searching for fuel. Instead the dealers are running promos in their stations encouraging people to come and buy. These are upward movement to his credit.”