Eta: It’s Too Early to Castigate Tinubu, APC Government

*Confident tribunal will uphold president’s victory

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

A former Deputy National Vice Chairman, South-south of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hilliard Eta, has said it was too early to castigate President Bola Tinubu, despite the fact that some of the policies of the administration administration were taking toll on the people.

Eta, at a media interaction with journalists yesterday in Abuja, however, appealed to Nigerians to allow Tinubu come up with workable solutions to several challenges occasioned  by the removal of petrol subsidy.

He also stressed that the Tinubu administration was not unmindful of the post-subsidy removal pains that Nigerians were passing through.

 “Let me start by saying that there is a consensus in Nigeria that the time had come for subsidy to be removed. I believe there is no section of the country that is against subsidy removal.

“The question is: What happens after the removal of the subsidy? This government is barely 54 days and, even though I will not run away from issues of serious economic dimensions across most homes in Nigeria, I think it is too early to pass a judgment on this government.

 “It has removed subsidy but the forces of fiscal and monetary policies will bring everything to normalcy. I don’t believe the price of fuel will rise above what it is now. Even if it happens, I believe the time has come for the President and his team to bring solutions to the many economic problems tied to it for our wellbeing,” he said.

The APC chieftain further explained that the scarcity of dollars was because the country’s economy was tied to importation.

 “Let me say that there is no research to show whether Nigerians are against the APC or not. But we, as politicians, believe the best way to know is through an election. And we just won the presidential election. I assure you that the presidential tribunal will uphold the election,” he said.