-Appeals for More Chance for Government, Stressing that President Tinubu Has Done so Much for Nigeria in So Short a Time_
By Biola Lawal
Abuja (Flowerbudnews): The Director General of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, Rt.Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakub has again appealed to Nigerian youths to embrace dialogue as against nationwide protest billed for August 1.
Buba noted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had made copious achievements in many areas of our national life within just a year of his administration.
He said that Pres. Tinubu ”deserves, not only understanding, but tacit support from all Nigerians in order to bring home the targeted results,” Nkem Anyata-Lafia, the Special Assistant to the DG on Media and Publicity, disclosed in a statement.
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The TAC boss ,who spoke to journalists in Abuja, Monday, during the deployment of 17 Technical Aid Corps Volunteers to Guinea Bissau, described President Tinubu as a man with listening ears.,
Buba noted that Pres. Tinubu had, from his swearing-in ceremony as President, hit the ground running by taking some necessary, but challenging, decisions, including the removal of subsidy on petroleum products and the eventual floating of the Naira against other currencies.
These decisions, he said, were aimed at plugging the loopholes being exploited by a few rich Nigerians.
He added that President Tinubu , by so doing, saved Nigeria over N6 trillion on subsidy removal alone.
“We acknowledge that it is the right of every Nigerian to protest, but, how do you protest when you are being heard?
”You only protest if the Government is not listening or doing anything about your problems. But in the case of the state of the nation today, we know we have a President that has a listening ear.He has in the past one year continued to deal with the issues that are being raised.
‘:He saved our country a whopping N6 trillion. He created the Ministry of Livestock to check farmer/herder crisis, kidnapping and mitigate insecurity.The minimum wage bill has just been signed into law.
”He brought the scholarship scheme for our youth and has also made available palliatives to the States. There is so much that he is doing to achieve the nation of our dreams.
“So, despite what we may be seeing as current challenges today,we are headed for a great future as a nation.
”I, therefore, appeal to especially our youths and all those supporting the idea of this protest to give the Government a chance.
”Ideally,there may not be any problems with protests,but the fear is that miscreants may likely hijack a well-intentioned exercise, as we saw in the past, and before you know it,there will be burning of properties and looting everywhere and even loss of lives.
”These are the reasons we appeal that we should come to the table with the Government,” Buba stressed.
Earlier, the former federal lawmaker, admonished the Guinea Bissau-bound Volunteers, urging them to contribute to the greatness of Nigeria by their actions and activities in their host country.
Buba said that the Federal Government considered the Scheme a very important one in its relationship with the recipient nations in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific.
He said that federal government had put in place all necessary arrangements to make the 24-month Voluntary service a hitch-free one for them.
Buba urged the 17 medical professionals to respect the laws of their host country, saying that the 37-year-old Scheme had been a major promoter of Nigeria’a foreign policy objectives, and had brought enormous pride to the nation these past years.
While thanking the Federal Government for finding them worthy of participating in the highly competitive Scheme, some of the Volunteers, among whom was the Team Lead, Dr. Mansur Aliyu Ramalan, a General Practitioner in Medicine, lauded the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps for its commitment to upholding the vision of the nation through the TAC Scheme.
Others who spoke, including Mr.Mannasah N.Michael and Ms Abai Edidiong Michael, both of whom are practitioners in various fields of Nursing, said they were committed to giving their best in the service of humanity for the promotion of Nigeria’s image abroad.
Among those present at the colourful event were the Director of Programmes at TAC, Amb. Zakari Usman; the Resource Person at the orientation exercise and former Director of Programmes at the Agency, Amb. Mohammed S.Kangiwa; Mrs Rahila Ayuba Kaura, Ag.Director in-charge of the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit as well as the Special Assistant to the DG on Protocol Matters, Lawandy Bala, among others. (Flowerbudnews)
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Established by Hon. Biola Lawal, a former Acting Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Flowerbudnews is a consortium of active journalists, media veterans and image makers in both public and private sectors of Nigeria’s media Industry determined to enhance the practice of responsible journalism.
Lawal, on his part, is also a former Honourable Commissioner for Information,Youth, Sports and Culture of Osun state, his home state.
Biola Lawal had also successfully served two tenures as Press Secretary to the ECOMOG Force Commander in Liberia during the Liberian and Sierra Leone Civil wars.
Lawal holds the honour of being the only journalist that served two terms on the ECOMOG international assignment due to his high professionalism and decency)
