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Wike says Tinubu reforms are essential to Nigeria’s recovery

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Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says continuing the economic reforms launched by President Bola Tinubu is essential to the country’s recovery. He defended the policy during a political consultation in Rivers State, according to Vanguard.

Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, believes the country’s economic recovery depends on maintaining the reforms launched by President Bola Tinubu. He defended this position on Saturday during a consultation of Rainbow Coalition stakeholders in the Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni local government area of Rivers State.

Wike presented the government’s economic choices as necessary measures to revive a system he described as almost “dead” when Tinubu came to power. He warned that abandoning these reforms would, in his view, jeopardise the country’s lasting recovery.

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