By Olawale Lamina
Party stalwarts, traditional rulers, youth groups, civil society organisations and members of the academia who pulled their weight in support of the continuation of reforms being implemented by President Bola Tinubu.
They gathered on Saturday under the Northern Stakeholders Townhall Engagement, being organised by the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement at Arewa House, Kaduna. The cross section of stakeholders agreed that policies and programs by the current administration require time to drive to fruition with long term benefits to the citizens.
The forum, themed “Critical Appraisal of Governance and Reforms Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the 2027 Question,” brought together government officials, development experts, economists, grassroots mobilisers and political stakeholders from across Northern Nigeria.
Representative of the President, the Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, stated that the present administration has continued to be bold and reform-oriented, that the country had moved “from reforms to recovery.”
Dare said that the Bolarin Ahmed Tinubu administration umdertook difficult but necessary decisions, including the removal of fuel subsidy and foreign exchange reforms, to rescue the economy from total collapse.
He said: “The reforms are difficult, but they are necessary to reposition the country and secure long-term economic stability.”
He listed the gains on the ongoing reforms to include improved external reserves, increased monthly allocations to states, stronger fiscal discipline and renewed investor confidence.
According to him, the administration took difficult but necessary decisions, including the removal of fuel subsidy and foreign exchange reforms, to rescue the economy from collapse.
“The reforms are difficult, but they are necessary to reposition the country and secure long-term economic stability,” Dare said.
He stated that the reforms had contributed to improved external reserves, increased allocations to states, stronger fiscal discipline and renewed investor confidence,” Dare said, in view of the current economic challenges faced by Nigerians and urged patience.
On his part, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Information, Ahmed Maiyaki, emphasized that, due to increased allocations from the Federal Government, Governor Uba Sani’s administration has been able to expand infrastructure and social intervention programmes across the state.
Maiyaki cited increased allocations from the Federal Government as helpful in ensuring Governor Uba Sani’s administration was able to expand infrastructure and social intervention programmes across the state.
He also acknowledged the gradual return of peace in previously troubled communities to deliberate governance strategies, early warning mechanisms and sustained engagement with stakeholders.
Earlier in his welcome address, the National Coordinator of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement 2027, Sunday Adekanbi, described the town hall meeting as a platform to evaluate governance and reform policies under the Tinubu administration.
He appreciated security agencies for stepping up operations against banditry and insurgency.
The stakeholders were unanimous in advocating stronger collaboration between federal and state governments to sustain economic reforms, boost security and ensure national development.
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