{"id":58759,"date":"2024-12-31T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T12:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58759"},"modified":"2024-12-31T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T12:27:59","slug":"akpabio-tinubu-inherited-nigeria-on-life-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/31\/akpabio-tinubu-inherited-nigeria-on-life-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio: Tinubu Inherited Nigeria on &#8220;Life Support&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described the economic condition of Nigeria as being on &#8220;life support&#8221; when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during his 2024 Constituency Briefing and Empowerment Programme at Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium, Akwa Ibom State, Akpabio detailed the severe challenges Tinubu inherited and urged Nigerians, particularly Akwa Ibom residents, to support the administration\u2019s policies aimed at economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting Tinubu, Akpabio recalled the president\u2019s remark, &#8220;I didn\u2019t know it was this bad,&#8221; upon assessing the nation\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>He commended Tinubu\u2019s bold reforms, including the removal of fuel subsidies, the floating of the naira, and the introduction of new tax policies, describing them as difficult but necessary steps to stabilize the economy and lay a foundation for growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese reforms are crucial for reviving the economy and ensuring long-term stability,\u201d Akpabio said.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate President called for patience and continued support for Tinubu\u2019s administration, emphasizing its commitment to addressing Nigeria\u2019s economic challenges with lasting solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described the economic condition of Nigeria as being on &#8220;life support&#8221; when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office in May 2023. Speaking during his 2024 Constituency Briefing and Empowerment Programme at Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium, Akwa Ibom State, Akpabio detailed the severe challenges Tinubu inherited and urged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":58760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58759","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58761,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58759\/revisions\/58761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}