Nigeria clocked 65 years of independence and what usually use to be a celebration took a different look this year following the President Bola Tinubu cancellation of the military parade.
Meanwhile, reactions has trailed the Presidents speech, some sees it as an appraisal of his tenure rather than the historical significance of the day, while others commended him for his reformations.
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In his speech which follows as part of the celebration to mark the day, President Tinubu called on Nigerians to “turn on the taps of productivity, innovation, and enterprise, just like the Ministry of Interior has done with our travel passports, by quickening the processing”.
His speech has been condemned by the spokesperson of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, noting that the President’s speech writers failed to understand the historical significance of the moment.”
“Listening to the President, you will think he was delivering his budget speech, annual performance review, rather than speaking to a history of a nation like Nigeria, at this critical time. I was waiting for when the President will anchor everything he was saying within a historical context, but apparently, the President was not able to rise above the limitations of his administration,” the ADC chieftain said.
“Most of what the president said regarding the economy do not reflect the reality of Nigerians.”
“For me, I think it’s a big disappointment that the President did not understand the historical significance of this moment, and rather choose to use the budget speech to say this is what my government has done,” Abdullahi said.
Meanwhile, part of the President’s speech has also received mix reactions from X users.
“We are now a Net Exporter. We are now selling more to the world than we are buying, a fundamental shift that strengthens our currency and creates jobs at home”. See reactions.
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