President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's National Broadcast “a game-changing presidential narrative”

 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's National Broadcast “a game-changing presidential narrative” that offers an opportunity for an all-inclusive Nigerian Dialogue for good governance. DG MINLS.

By Tunde Akanbi, Ilorin

The Director General of Micheal Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS),  Mr. Issa Aremu, made this observation in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital in North Central Nigeria.

Aremu said that while periodic crises are defining features of nation-building, “what is of relevance are the lessons learned by the government and the citizens” that move the nation forward at every crisis point.

According to him, the President has made it known in his address that he “heard loud and clear, understand the pain and frustration that drive the protests”, with a firm commitment to addressing the concerns of our citizens.

Aremu therefore advised that “good statesmanship on the part of the listening President must be complemented with constructive citizenship through social dialogue for good governance.

“I have no doubt that the protesting compatriots also heard the President calling for conversation, let them seize the window and table all issues to promote good governance”.

Comrade Aremu urged the government and citizens “not to miss another opportunity to forge an alliance for repositioning Nigeria for food security, mass job creation, and poverty eradication.

The Director General noted that the list of government interventions as contained in the President’s address such as the student loan scheme, improved minimum wage, CNG transport system, and improved public revenue shows that there is already a movement towards good governance.

While condemning the loss of lives and violent attacks on public assets in some states, Aremu urged for the “deepening of the democratic process, not its subversion,” adding that “giving the antics of some misguided youths calling for the return of discredited military dictatorship, it was time for mass literacy campaign on the imperatives of democracy for good governance.