Tinubu moves around Abuja at night, knows Nigerians are suffering – Orji Kalu

Senator Orji Kalu says President Bola Tinubu is aware of the country’s fluttering economy, moves at night to feel the pulse of the people and is taking steps to address the challenges facing Nigeria

“The president himself knows that Nigerians are suffering and hungry. He is a street person; he knows the street very well,” Senator Kalu said on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.

“The president some nights uses his car to go around and know what is happening in Abuja here. The president goes around with one or two cars and sees what is happening. He is not a president that is locked up in the room.”

The country’s inflation figures hit 32.7 per cent in September 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Since the removal of the fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira by the Tinubu government, the cost of basic items has moved beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians.

But Senator Kalu argued that the moves were “very courageous” of Tinubu and that the economic hardship is not peculiar to Nigeria. He said the country is also battling from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic which grossly affected the global economy.

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