President Bola Tinubu on Sunday met the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum and the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, in Lagos.
The President at the meeting charged the governors to ensure that the benefits of his administration’s reforms get to the people.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Uzodinma said he was in Lagos to brief the President on what transpired in the country while he was away on his working leave in Europe.
He said: “We had a very quality conversation, and he is now aware of the things that happened while he was away and the efforts of the Governors of Progressive Forum in making sure that Nigerians are properly aware of the achievements of his government and the policies.
“Referred straight to our campaign outing, which will start almost immediately since he is now back. So it was a quality conversation, a quality meeting I had with Mr. President.
“We have already taken cue from that broadcast, and that is exactly what we are doing. The reform policy has moved from implementation to ensuring that the people of Nigeria get the dividends of the reform policy itself.
“So the Governors have moved on to ensure that the benefits, for instance, you will agree with me that the advantage of having CNG buses sent to Nigerians through the various agents, that the savings made should not be as huge as it occurred now. The transporters and commuters should also be responsible in ensuring that since the cost of transportation has been reduced by the introduction of CNG, that they should now also reduce the fare they charge passengers. That way, it becomes a win-win situation.
“So we are not going to only sit here and sing the songs of reform. We are going to make sure that the benefits, for instance, me, myself. In 2021, I became the Governor without President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his reform policies. It was difficult at the end of every month after paying salaries. That is, if we managed to pay salaries, to have money to run the state.
“Today, we pay salaries as we do and we have money to do all the achievements that we have recorded in the state. It is not only in my state. Every other state. Most of our Governors are very active, with a lot of projects here and there.
“We are grateful to Mr. President and his reform policies. And we are charged again to ensure the real benefits, that the real beneficiaries of the reform policy are the people. That the masses will feel the impact. That these policies, the dividends, should be impactful,” he said.
