The Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Olatunbosun Tijani, says Nigeria is fortunate to have President Bola Tinubu in the leadership saddle, saying his policies have liberalised education and resolved the fuel subsidy, which was draining the country’s resources.

Tijani, who spoke with journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday, also said his past criticism of Tinubu and other political leaders in the country was borne out of his desire for a better Nigeria.

The minister was in Ogun State for the inauguration of solar solar-powered community ICT centre facilitated by him and built by the National Information Technology Development Agency for the residents of Abeokuta.

Asked how easy it was for him to accept Tinubu’s ministerial appointment, having criticised the President in the past, Tijani said, “It was not about how easy, it was about intention because leadership is about intentions.

“And when you come close to President Bola Tinubu, you will know that Nigeria is fortunate to have someone… let’s leave politics aside for those who are not politicians, let’s watch the pattern, the path and the trajectory of the development under the President.

“People are not talking about what the President has done. This is the first President that has now made it easy for every young one to go to school, it doesn’t matter if your parents are poor because there are now student loans.

“This is the President who removed the fuel subsidy that was already a pain in our necks and now using the resources to develop the country.

“He has been able to save a whole lot of our money being used to service debt and we can now use these resources to take care of our other needs and develop the country.

“So, for me, it was not difficult to accept to work under such a man because I wasn’t complaining because I was a politician, I was complaining because I wanted a better society for people like me and there is no other person to work for to achieve that than President Bola Tinubu.”

President Tinubu had at the weekend recounted how his decision to appoint Tijani as a minister was met with strong reservations from close associates who objected to Tijani’s past critical statements on social media.



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