Nigerians suffering from lack of memory – Tinubu’s aide, Onanuga

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The Presidency has criticized what it describes as the short memory of Nigerians, according to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu.

Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Saturday morning, Onanuga remarked that citizens tend to forget events too quickly.

He pointed out that many are holding the current administration responsible for the nation’s difficulties, while overlooking the fact that fuel scarcity was already present before President Tinubu assumed office.

Onanuga emphasized that while the government has consistently acknowledged the widespread economic hardship, especially following the removal of fuel subsidy, it remains committed to stabilizing the economy and improving conditions for Nigerians.

“Many Nigerians we sometimes exhibit the problem of lack of memory. We have very short memory, we forget where we started from and we just start blaming President Tinubu for all the problems that Nigeria is going through. In 2023, when Tinubu took over the government, there were fuel shortages in this country,” he said.

“I remember, for instance, in May 2023, when Tinubu took over the government, there was fuel shortage in this country. If we forgot that all through the election that year, there was fuel shortage.

“So when the President announced on day one that he was removing fuel subsidy, the immediate reaction called by NNPC, which has been the major supplier of fuel, was to increase the pump price, because, as at that time, NNPC was more willing to import fuel.

“NNPC was saying the federal government was owing it over 4 trillion Naira, and it was also owing its suppliers abroad. So what the federal government did, what President Tinubu did, was to bring some life into NNPC, to resume importing fuel, so that fuel can be available. People forget that easily.

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“There was no way Nigeria could have sustained the regime of fuel subsidy. No way, because the resources are just not there, and we are just spending the money they ought to belong to the future generation. So the government just had to do the right thing.

“Yeah, problems followed. What the President did… this government has been honest in admitting some of the problems, some of the fallouts of the of the consequence of removing fuel subsidy, and has been doing been doing a lot of measures to ameliorate the pains of Nigerians,” he said.

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