Tinubu’s Reforms Saved 27 States from Economic Collapse, says Mohammed Idris

Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, says reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu saved no fewer than 27 states from economic collapse.

Idris spoke on Saturday while delivering a lecture at the 34th convocation and 43rd founders’ day of the Federal University of Technology, Minna.

The lecture was titled ‘Youth and nation building: navigating opportunities in an era of national reforms’.

The minister said that before May 29, 2023, about 27 states were unable to pay salaries owed to their workers.

“President Bola Tinubu traversed the length and breadth of this country during campaigns. He had plans to make Nigeria greater,” Idris said.

“Coming into power, he initiated reforms that have now saved those states from collapse. Now, states are getting three times what they used to get.

“They can now pay salaries, execute massive infrastructure projects, and deliver dividends of democracy to their people.

“These were made possible by Tinubu’s reforms and effective leadership strategy.”

The minister said Tinubu recognised the need for continuous reforms to correct past mistakes and advance the nation-building process.

“There is no nation-building without reforms. It’s impossible for you to build a nation if you don’t continue to undertake these reforms,” Idris said.

He added that the reforms protected the country from the economic trap that the absence of such measures would have created.