Adams Oshiomhole, a senator from Edo North, has claimed that they didn't promise the Nigerian people miracles when they campaigned for President Bola Tinubu's election into office.
This was said on Channels Television's Sunday Politics by Oshiomhole, a former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
According to the former governor of Edo State, Nigerians must exercise patience with the new administration since the president is not a magician who can instantly fix all of the nation's issues.
“They know they were not electing a magician. And nobody promised a magical solution,” Oshiomhole said.
“You don’t need to give me an example. I know what we (APC) promised more than you who was reporting it. Whatever you reported, we were the source. We did not promise a 24-hour solution. We did not promise miracles. We did not promise an overnight solution.
“You show me any document that says in 48 hours, this will be done. In 14 days, this should be done. In 21 days, this should be done.
“I think you are the one who has the illusion that once a promise is made, automatically once you get into office, either spiritually or by miracles, solutions will emerge.”
According to the former governor of Edo State, Tinubu has taken steps to address the effects of the decision after the fuel subsidy was removed.
“What Nigeria needs is what President Tinubu has demonstrated the courage to make decisions and to be humble to admit some of the unintended consequences of those decisions, and, the will to deal with those consequences. And he has put in place instruments to deal with them.”
On the N30,000 minimum wage in the country, the former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president described it as a criminal wage.
“What we call minimum wage is a criminal wage,” he said. “If you exchange N30,000 at N800 or N700 to the dollar, what does that translate to? So, the value of that minimum wage when it was N125 – when it was first introduced under, I think, (Shehu) Shagari’s government – is about two times or three times the value many years later, even in the public service.”
