Senator for Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole has said President Bola Tinubu’s decisiveness since he took office has shamed those who doubted him.
The former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) said this at a reception party held in honour of lawmakers in Abuja on Sunday.
He said Tinubu’s actions such as signing the Electricity Act 2023 and extending the retirement age of judges showed he is living up to Nigerians’ expectations as an ‘action President.’
Recalling how Tinubu campaigned to become President, Oshiomhole said he had proved this detractors wrong.
“Some people were screaming ‘Edo no be Lagos,’ when the then candidate of the APC, now President Bola Tinubu, visited Benin City (to campaign). But he said something back then. I remember him saying those who said ‘Edo no be Lagos’ will leave and see Edo becoming not just like Lagos but even better than Lagos. That same man is now the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with a legislative branch called National Assembly.
“He has also extended the tenure of our judges so they can have courage to dispense justice without being afraid that they will soon retire and wondering what they will do thereafter,” Oshiomhole said.
According to the senator, the new Electricity Act signed by Tinubu will, among other benefits, curb electricity smuggling into neighbouring communities of Niger Republic.
He said, “The President has hit the ground running. He has started what he promised to do. People may not like the immediate effect but in the long run, what he saves will be ploughed back in the system. There is another one he said which many people have noticed. He said as President, he will no longer accept the situation where you have the so-called national grid that cannot carry power from Ovia to Azura power plant.
“As governor of Edo State, Azura power plant was set up producing about 750 megawatts. But that power is sometimes taken to Niger Republic and you don’t have power in Benin. The President has now signed a law that says you can generate your power and consume it where you generate it. You don’t have to transfer it to avoid collapse of the system that may leave the producers and consumers in the dark. That is now a law. He signed it last week.”
He promised that the 10th National Assembly will collaborate with the president, urging Nigerians to pray for the government’s success.