"We are not the only people facing such;" President Tinubu Addresses Nationwide Poverty and Urges Value System Change at Eid-el-Kabir Celebration.

According to President Bola Tinubu, poverty is not exclusive to Nigerians but worldwide. The President made this statement in Lagos on Monday, June 17, when he hosted a delegation from the National Assembly to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, according to a statement released by his Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.

President Tinubu acknowledged that there is poverty and suffering in the country, but he insisted that the issues must be resolved.

“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.

He urged people to have a different perspective on Nigeria if they wanted the country to succeed in overcoming its present problems.

“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.”