One year into office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would have seen the highs and lows of his economic policies, which have entirely stitched ...
One year into office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would have seen the highs and lows of his economic policies, which have entirely stitched the first year of his presidency, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. He has, however, also been duly honored by being given names in some public areas.
A checklist of necessities: Tinubu eliminated their subsidy. Tinubu announced in his inauguration speech on May 29, 2023, that the fuel subsidy would be withdrawn. Indeed, before he finished speaking, this news saw the return of queues at filling stations across the country.
Critics argue that since then, the cost of living has tripled nationwide. The government should have provided more alternatives well in advance or gradually ended the gasoline subsidy. Another economic policy of Tinubu that inflated the price of essentials was the floating of the naira. President Tinubu insisted on allowing the market to determine the foreign exchange rate and ending the dollar-to-naira control.
Within 365 days of President Tinubu's inauguration, alien policies have mostly made Nigerians groan, most especially the removal of the subsidy on electricity. As a result, clients are now charged more than 300 percent for their electricity. Since he assumed office this year, President Tinubu has been honored by naming some public facilities after him amidst the harsh economic realities.
LIST OF FACILITIES NAMED AFTER TINUBU
Abubakar Imam International Airport, Minna: The governor of Niger, Tinubu Umar Bago, renamed this facility after President Bola Tinubu. President Tinubu's visit to Minna, the capital city of Niger State, is set for Monday, March 11, 2024, when he is expected to commission some infrastructural projects, which include an agro-processing hub. He made this known at a press briefing conducted at the government house in Minna, courtesy of his press aide, Isah Adamu, Special Adviser to the Governor on Governance and Reform.
In a different vein, Takuma explained that the Airport was also named after the President because of the appreciation towards the President in favor of the State. To this end, in 2023, the federal government ordered renaming fifteen federal airports named after some Nigerians, including former president Muhammadu Buhari, while limited ones were named after the President. Minna airport, which is less than a year after being renamed after the late renowned Nigerian writer and journalist Abubakar Imam, has been renamed Tinubu again.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, renamed one of the major expressways in Abuja, Southern Parkway (S8/S9), after the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Tinubu. Just under a year into office, Tinubu commissioned the road on Wednesday, May 29, as part of his anniversary celebrations in office. Tinubu hailed Wike at the commissioning and said he would always be with him.
The National Assembly's library was named after Tinubu.
Apart from the above public facility named after President Tinubu, he is naming the National Assembly Library after him within his just one year in office.
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