Tinubu Emerges THISDAY’s Man Of The Year For Resilience And Bold Reforms
On a balance of scales and given all considerations, it is hard to find anyone, who could fairly challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to the THISDAY Man of the Year commemoration.
Determined and unfazed in the face of mounting challenges and attendant hardships, the president marches on with his audacious reforms to change Nigeria.
In his first and only media interview, he told the nation “you can’t be doing the same thing and expect different outcomes.”
With that, he served the nation notice of his resolve to stick to his reforms.
The president, who ran his election campaign on the mantra of emi lo kan (it’s my turn to be president), has waltzed through some of the most troubling phases of his less than two years old presidency.
From merely providing leadership to introducing very unpopular but promising reforms, Tinubu has proven to be that daring and gritty leader, who is driven more by convictions of his choices than pandering to sheer sentiments or the crowd.
Although the removal of subsidy from petroleum had been settled by the previous administration of Muhammadu Buhari, and as a matter of legislation by the ninethNational Assembly, owning and managing the consequences of that choice had been Tinubu’s hardest job since he took over as president.
The floating of the naira to enable it find its level against other currencies, particularly against the dollar and by extension, engender the stability of the market, was an equally difficult decision that Tinubu had to make.
No doubt, the economic situation the country found itself was desperate. There was no need postponing the evil day. Tough choices needed to be made. With courage, nevertheless, Tinubu dared the consequences and took a decision he reckoned was in the nation’s best interest.
Tinubu knew from the get-go that fighting for the financial autonomy of the local government system was going to set him against the governors. This much he knew being a former governor. But after weighing his options, he knew better than to continue to perpetrate an aberration and he did that which was for the collective good.
Source: arise.tv
