Nigerians await actions on Tinubu’s promises

A few days ago, President Bola Tinubu crossed the symbolic 100 days in office but there was no fanfare because the day coincided with the delivery of judgement on the petition against his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

After 13 hours of judgement, the court ruled that Mr. Tinubu, who is in far-away India, remains the president. The panel dismissed all the petitions against him and his vice, Kashim Shettima.

With the tribunal judgement settled and all ministers fully in place, let us review some of the promises contained in the renewed hope Manifesto.

However, President Tinubu did not put a specific timeline to achieve some of the promises.

The President already removed the fuel subsidy regime which Nigerians are still waiting for measures that would cushion the effect of its removal. He has equally signed into law the student loan bill but students are yet to get the loans while some schools are increasing fees.

In his manifesto, President Tinubu promised to set up a task force, to be headed by a special czar to address the problem of out-of-school children.

“A task force headed by a special czar will be created to address this problem,” the portion of his manifesto reads.

Schools are resuming in September, and Nigerians are still waiting for the special czar to address the problem of out-of-school children.

Also President Tinubu had promised to set up an anti-terror special battalion to deal with terrorists. In the manifesto, the battalion will have special forces units.

“Highly trained and disciplined anti-terrorist battalions (ABATTS) with special forces units will be created,” the portion reads.

While Nigerians are waiting, different groups continue to kill across the country.