{"id":58035,"date":"2024-12-15T09:01:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58035"},"modified":"2024-12-15T09:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T09:01:37","slug":"dogara-commends-tinubus-reforms-urges-nigerians-to-endure-hardships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/15\/dogara-commends-tinubus-reforms-urges-nigerians-to-endure-hardships\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogara Commends Tinubu\u2019s Reforms, Urges Nigerians to Endure Hardships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has hailed President Bola Tinubu\u2019s bold reforms, urging Nigerians to remain steadfast despite economic challenges.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the 14th convocation of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, Dogara described Tinubu as a leader unafraid of tackling tough issues.<br \/>\nHe praised the President&#8217;s local government and tax reforms, calling the former a &#8220;masterstroke&#8221; for empowering local councils and reducing state-level interference.<br \/>\n\u201cWith Tinubu\u2019s steps to free local governments from economic stagnation and his bold tax reforms before the National Assembly, I see hope,\u201d Dogara said.<br \/>\nHe added that abandoning the reforms due to temporary hardship would be \u201ccowardice.\u201d<br \/>\nWhile Tinubu\u2019s tax proposals have drawn mixed reactions, Dogara\u2019s comments reflect growing support for the President\u2019s agenda aimed at long-term national development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has hailed President Bola Tinubu\u2019s bold reforms, urging Nigerians to remain steadfast despite economic challenges. Speaking at the 14th convocation of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, Dogara described Tinubu as a leader unafraid of tackling tough issues. He praised the President&#8217;s local government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58037,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58035\/revisions\/58037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}