The Democratic Front (TDF) has acknowledged the impact of President Bola Tinubu’s financial engineering on infrastructural development in Nasarawa State.
In a statement signed by its Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad, and Secretary, Chief Wale Adedayo, the group noted that projects commissioned by the President during his visit to the state showed glaringly the impact of the quantum leap in the State’s resources.
The statement reads: “We also note that this startling revelation was made possible by the working visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the state, which witnessed the commissioning of landmark infrastructural projects that were executed by the Nasarawa government in the past two years.
“The transformation of the solid mineral sector, and the harmonisation of foreign exchange rates have also attracted foreign direct investments to the state, which is why TDF is happy to acknowledge the establishment of two multi-billion naira Lithium processing plants in Nasarawa State.
“The cocktail of projects commissioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Nasarawa State confirms the tremendous progress and development which the removal of fuel subsidy visibly impacted on the sub-nationals.
It is for this reason that TDF aligns with the position of Governor Abdullahi Sule, that Nasarawa is an example for genuine critics who want to know how petroleum subsidy money is being utilised under the Tinubu administration.
“Furthermore, TDF’s inquest into the trajectory of development in Nasarawa State since it was created in 1996, shows that never has there been such a rapid economic and infrastructural development in the state like the last two years, when the removal of petroleum subsidy triggered an unprecedented surge in FAAC allocation to the state.
TDF asserted: “This is the ultimate objective of the painful but necessary economic reforms of Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.”
” Riding on the back of the rapid infrastructural gains in Nasarawa State, the TDF backed President Tinubu’s eloquent wisdom in describing the cynical, critical and self-serving politicians that are currently masquerading as opposition in Nigeria, as Internally Displaced Politicians (IDPs).
“Sadly enough, this crop of Internally Displaced Politicians includes former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, a former governor who refused to conduct local government elections for most of his tenure.
Their opposition to Tinubu’s government and economic reforms lacks an ideological foundation. They are not able to provide the nation with a preferred policy alternative to President Bola Tinubu’s ongoing reforms, yet they focus mainly on personal political gain and power over public service.
“Shamed by the resultant green shoots from the economic reforms, and the reality of rising infrastructural development, they are aimless and confused, wandering like sheep without shepherds, from one IDP camp of political coalition to another, with each crumbling under the weight of conflicting personal interests,” the statement added.
TDF urged the President to embark on more working visits to other states to enable Nigerians to appreciate the remarkable changes in infrastructural and socioeconomic development, which the removal of the petroleum subsidy has brought to the people.
