Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has commended President Bola Tinubu over his major decisions for the country’s affairs in the past week.
Omokri made this known via his verified X account yesterday, while reacting to major happenings in the president’s camp over the past few days.
According to him, other achievements Tinubu recorded in one week would have taken his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari, a year to achieve.
Omokri lauded Tinubu for suspending the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, over the N585 million scandal involving her with a private account owned by one Oniyelu Bridget.
He wrote: “In one week, President Tinubu Suspended an errant minister, summoned another minister over a controversial contract; reduced his travel entourage and dramatically cut costs, dismissed two CEOs of federal parastatals for gross negligence.
“Aside the matter of the suspension of the minister, the President also announced the slashing of travel entourage in an attempt to reduce the cost of governance, and Omokri applauded him for this as well.
“He also pointed out the investigative panel established to look into degree mills, as well the payment of the Super Eagles’ outstanding bonus as incredible feats.
“Acted on the six weeks degree for cash programme by blacklisting Benin and other nations; announced plans to build a new Chinese-built steel plant in Nigeria, and launched the automated passport portal.
“Cleared the ?12 billion outstanding for the Super Eagles and other national teams; began paying the wage support benefits to civil servants, disbursed ?105.5 billion for 266 road repairs, and intervened to bring peace in Sierra Leone after the foiled coup attempt”.
“In one week, Tinubu has achieved what Buhari would have taken one year to complete. This vindicates what I said during the campaigns, that any of the major Presidential candidates would have been better than Buhari”, he said.
Omokri, a staunch critic of Buhari’s government, however said the only undoing of President Tinubu’s administration was its failure to publicise the feats, stressing that projecting such achievements is good for rebranding Nigeria among a comity of nations.
