By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide has commended President Bola Tinubu for starting his administration on a good note.
The group stated this in a statement issued on Saturday by Amb. Tony Chiemelu Obizoba, the group’s Director General, Strategic Planning and Implementations.
They also commend the newly inaugurated Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Peter Mbah, for his ban on activities of outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), especially its Sit-at-Home order.
The group while also commending President Tinubu for his decision on fuel subsidy removal said that the removal will block all the wasteful drain pipes and also allow the government to redirect its finances into more meaningful projects that will be felt by all.
“The Igbo socio-cultural organization sees the emergence of President Tinubu as one that is a beckon of truly renewed hope as, if his first three major critical areas of startups namely fuel subsidy removal, unified exchange rate and intensified fight against insecurity are well implemented, the country in no distant time will have a realistic handshake with the long dreamed better Nigeria.
“As for the hardship that is inherent in the removal, we only urge the government to issue more licenses for more players to import the products while, in the meantime, the Dangote Refinery Company recently commissioned by former President Muhammadu Buhari consolidates on its outputs of 650,000 barrel per day (bpd) products for local consumption and exports. By so doing, Nigeria will have local satisfaction and earn more foreign exchange to strengthen its Naira,”it said.
The group further urged the Tinubu-led administration to consult with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over its agitations against the removal of subsidy.
