President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, says President Bola Tinubu is working very hard to fix Nigeria’s economy.

Mr Akpabio stated this on Tuesday at Ikot Ekpene during his constituency briefing/empowerment programme, saying that the country’s economy was in a bad state when the president came into power in May 2023.

He said that Mr Tinubu was determined to fix the economy and touch the lives of Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic, religious, or party affiliations.

“President Tinubu met a very bad condition on ground; nobody envied him; he said he was determined to change the situation; let us encourage him to change the situation.

“We believe that at the end of the day, we will move the country forward. He did it in Lagos before; he will do it again in Nigeria; just give him time; he will take us to our El Dorado.

“I want us to know that Nigeria was on life support when the people voted Tinubu to become the president.

“One day, I asked him, Mr President, after becoming president and seeing the level of economy that Mr Emefiele left behind, are you excited? He said, Well, I’m determined to change the situation,” Mr Akpabio said.

Mr Akpabio also stated that the president had touched many lives through continuous constituency projects across the country.

He also said that the regional commissions recently established by the federal government were aimed at developing the regions and empowering people.

According to Mr Akpabio, the president has shown so much love to the South-East by giving a key ministry—the ministry of works—to them and signing the South-East Development Commission bill into law.

“South-East has lots of ecological problems; it has very poor roads, just like the South-South, and Mr President decided to give us the ministry of works in addition to other key ministries, even the petroleum and gas ministry,” he said.

Mr Akpabio used the occasion to distribute bags of rice, cars, generating sets, deep freezers, tractors, tricycle vans, minibuses, motorcycles, sewing machines, and make-up kits.

The Senate president also disbursed N200,000 to 2,000 undergraduates, among other empowerment items.

He said that the gesture was supported by the president to thank the people for their votes and support.

He commended Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom for his peaceful disposition and for extending hands of friendship by sending 1,000 bags of rice to the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in the state.

(NAN)