Subsidy Removal: Tinubu Promises To Launch Palliatives Following His Meeting With ’99 Governors

From May 1999 to 2007, Tinubu presided as the governor of Lagos State.

As a result of the elimination of the fuel subsidy, President Bola Tinubu has pleaded with Nigerians to exercise patience while promising to develop palliatives to ease their suffering.

After the class of 1999 Governors met behind closed doors in the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja, the Chairman of the group, Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State, delivered the president’s message.

In his remarks to State House reporters, the former governor, who spoke of the President’s desire to build a better country, declared that the subsidy issue is resolved for good and expressed hope that things would return to normal soon.

The group’s chairman added that it was important for everyone to pitch in to build a stronger country because the problems go beyond partisan politics.

As they held discussions on issues of national security, unemployment, and electricity geared toward the development of the country, the former class of 1999 Governors, now numbering 26, congratulated the President on his appointment as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

The former governors gathered at the State House to show support for Tinubu, who led Lagos State from May 1999 to 2007, and to identify with his recent policies since taking office as Nigeria’s President on May 29, 2023.

Former governors from states including James Ibori of Delta, Donald Duke of Cross River, Orji Kalu of Abia, Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom, Adamu Mu’azu of Bauchi, Sam Egwu of Ebonyi, Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu, and Ibrahim Turaki of Jigawa are present.

Other states include Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State, Ahmed Yerima of Zamfara State, Jolly Nyame of Taraba State, Niyi Adebayo of Ekiti State, Bisi Akande of Osun State, Joshua Dariye of Plateau State, and Olusegun Osoba of Ogun State.