President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has admitted that there are poverty and suffering in the land.
However, the President says he isn’t shying away from tackling the challenges.
This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Ajuri Ngelale.
The President, who spoke in Lagos on Monday when he received a delegation from the National Assembly who came to felicitate with him on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir says eliminating banditry and terrorism so that farmers cab return to the farm is one way of tackling the challenges.
“Yes, there is poverty; there is suffering in the land. We are not the only people facing such, but we must face our challenges.
“We must find a way to eliminate banditry and terrorism so that farmers can bring out food from the farmland.
“If you do not have good roads to bring the food to the population, even if you grow the food and you are losing 60-70 per cent to damages, you will pay the price,” the President said.
According to President Tinubu, the Nation can overcome obstacles if the citizens have a change of mindset.
“The need (for some citizens) to change the rent-seeking mindset and become more productive to the economy is a challenge. The need to stop smuggling and all economic sabotage.
“Why should we have people removing rail tracks and all that, stealing electric cables and sabotaging the economy?
“We must embrace the campaign to change our value system. We must tell our people that the challenge we face is for all of us to change our mindset about our country,” Tinubu emphasized.
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