The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has urged Nigerians and residents of the state not to discourage President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he is working to bring a solution to the economic crisis in the country, News About Nigeria reports.
The Governor gave this charge while speaking at the monthly Evening of Praise and Worship programme in the state capital, on Friday, stating that Nigerians need to be patient with the Federal Government.
He noted that Tinubu is not to blame for the economic hardship in the country, maintaining that this was the issue long before the president assumed power.
According to him, the President is capable of fixing the current challenges if given ample time and necessary support, and he therefore urged the people to provide all the support and understanding they can to the President.
“I understand what we are going through, but the truth of the matter is that the President is not the cause of these crises, but God has prepared him for a time like this. What he needs is our support, our prayers, our understanding and encouragement.
“I am just pleading with us that the President needs our help, he needs our prayers, we should not do anything to discourage him. We should thank God that we have a man of courage, a man God had prepared for a time like this, I believe in God that we will get out of this problem and when the time comes and the dividends of these reforms are unravelled, all of us will be alive,” he stated.
He, however, noted that his administration has commenced a programme to ensure food sufficiency in the state by next year.
“We have embarked on a programme that by next year, we will have food sufficiency in this state, because, if we don’t make haste now, I pray next year will not be worse than this. We must be able to grow ourselves out of hunger, which is what the President told us last week.
“Government will do its own bit, but you have to go back to the farm. So, no matter how small, let’s start bit by bit, you have to grow what you will eat and at least be able to feed ourselves,” he added.
