Many people including individuals and experts have given different ratings to the performance of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
Till now, many Nigerians have not stopped blaming this administration for the pain and hardship they are now facing.
To many of these persons, they never in their life believed that they would ever miss the past administration of Muhammadu Buhari.
Well, while Nigerians are wailing and lamenting about how much they miss Buhari, the immediate past president decided to give his own rating of the performance of his successor.
According to Buhari, the former Governor of Lagos State, has done wonderfully well since the assumption of office nine months ago.
Economic Policies
The former president made this remark when he received the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and members of the management team of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Daura, Katsina state.
Buhari’s rating clashes the wide criticism the Tinubu government has faced over some of his economic policies.
These policies, to many, have brought nothing but untold hardship on Nigerians and in recent times, has led to protests.
Notwithstanding these complaints, Buhari has give thumbs up to Tinubu,
To him, Tinubu has performed well given the prevailing circumstances.
He also affirmed that Nigeria is a complex country to govern.
Significant Challenges
Buhari insists that there is not much anybody can do about Nigeria.
He addressed Adeniyi and his team, emphasising that Nigeria is facing significant challenges.
Furthermore, the former leader urged citizens to persevere through economic difficulties and back the initiatives of the present government.
“I thank you very much for coming. I very much appreciate it. I thought Tinubu has done very well.
“Nigeria is so complex. Really, there isn’t much anybody can do,” Daily Trust quoted the former president as saying.
Legislative Milestone
Adeniyi expressed his gratitude towards the ex-president for his exceptional support of the NCS Act 2023.
The CGC also visited the Emir of Daura, His Royal Highness, Dr Farouk Umar Farouk.
“This legislative milestone grants the NCS expanded authority to implement policies aimed at bolstering revenue generation and facilitating trade, thus contributing significantly to Nigeria’s economic growth trajectory,” Adeniyi said.
On trucks carrying food items seized at the border, he said, “I will also use this occasion to brief you on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directives.
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“The president directed that all trucks of food carrying exports across the border that were seized by Customs be returned to the traders.
This is with the hope that they would plough them back into the Nigerian markets.”
