President Tinubu’s sixty fourth Independence Anniversary Speech Full Textual content will be accessed under.
PoliticalNews Nigeria had earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu addressed the nation on Tuesday in the course of the celebration of Nigeria’s sixty fourth Independence Anniversary celebration, saying his reforms are yielding outcomes.
This Nigeria information platform understands that President Tinubu additionally introduced the intention of the Federal Authorities to incorporate the Nigerian youths in his administration, by introducing a 30-day nationwide youth convention.
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TEXT OF NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON THE 64TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA OCTOBER 1, 2024
Fellow Nigerians, as I handle you as we speak, I’m deeply conscious of the struggles lots of you face in these difficult instances. Our administration is aware of that lots of you battle with rising residing prices and the seek for significant employment. I wish to guarantee you that your voices are heard.
As your President, I guarantee you that we’re dedicated to discovering sustainable options to alleviate the struggling of our residents. As soon as once more, I plead in your persistence because the reforms we’re implementing present constructive indicators, and we’re starting to see gentle on the finish of the tunnel.
Precisely 64 years in the past, our founding fathers selected democracy as a type of authorities and launched the dream of an amazing nation that will lead the remainder of Africa out of poverty, ignorance, and underdevelopment, a beacon of hope to the remainder of Africa and the world.
Over six a long time later, we will look again, and Nigerians worldwide can see how effectively now we have succeeded in realising the lofty goals of our founding fathers.
The world is witnessing and benefiting from the can-do spirit of the Nigerian individuals, our huge mental capability, and our enterprise and business in all vocations, from arts to science, know-how to infrastructure. The goals that our founding fathers envisaged are nonetheless a piece in progress. Each day, we put our fingers on the plough, decided to do a greater job of it.
Whereas it’s tempting to give attention to what has been left undone and the place now we have stumbled as a nation, we must not ever lose sight of how far now we have are available forging and holding our nation collectively.
Since independence, our nation has survived many crises and upheavals that led to the dissolution and disintegration of many different nations worldwide. Six years after independence, our nation descended right into a political disaster that led to a bitter and avoidable civil struggle. Since coming back from the brink of that darkest second, now we have realized to embrace our variety and handle our variations higher as we proceed to work in the direction of engendering a extra excellent union.
Regardless of the various challenges that buffeted our nation, we stay a robust, united, and viable sovereign nation.
Expensive compatriots, our independence anniversary offers us one other likelihood to replicate on how far now we have gone in our journey to nation-building and to resume our dedication to constructing a greater nation that may serve current and future generations of Nigerians.
Whereas we have fun the progress now we have made as a individuals within the final sixty-four years, we should additionally recognise a few of our missed alternatives and errors of the previous. If we’re to turn out to be one of many biggest nations on earth, as God has destined us to be, our errors should not be allowed to observe us into the long run.
My administration took over the management of our nation 16 months in the past at a important juncture. The financial system confronted many headwinds, and our bodily safety was extremely impaired. We discovered ourselves at a dizzying crossroads, the place we should select between two paths: reform for progress and prosperity or keep on business-as-usual and collapse. We determined to reform our political financial system and defence structure.
On the safety entrance, I’m glad to announce to you, my compatriots, that our administration is profitable the struggle on terror and banditry. Our goal is to remove all of the threats of Boko Haram, banditry, kidnapping for ransom, and the scourge of all types of violent extremism. Inside one 12 months, our authorities has eradicated Boko Haram and bandit commanders sooner than ever. As of the final rely, over 300 Boko Haram and bandit commanders have been eradicated by our gallant troops within the Northeast, Northwest, and another components of the nation.
We’ve restored peace to lots of of communities within the North, and hundreds of our individuals have been in a position to return residence. It’s an unfinished enterprise, which our safety companies are dedicated to ending as rapidly as attainable. As quickly as we will restore peace to many communities within the troubled components of the North, our farmers can return to their farms. We count on to see a leap in meals production and a downward spiral in meals prices. I promise you, we will not falter on this.
Our authorities has been responding to the latest pure disasters, notably the flooding in components of the nation. After Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Maiduguri, I additionally visited to guarantee our those who this federal authorities will all the time stand with our individuals of their instances of hassle. On the final assembly of the Federal Govt Council, we authorized a Catastrophe Reduction Fund to mobilise non-public and public sector funds to assist us reply sooner to emergencies.
Our authorities has additionally ordered integrity assessments of all our dams within the nation to avert future disasters.
The financial system is present process the mandatory reforms and retooling to serve us higher and extra sustainably. If we don’t right the fiscal misalignments that led to the present {economic} downturn, our nation will face an unsure future and the peril of unimaginable penalties.
Due to the reforms, our nation attracted overseas direct investments price greater than $30 billion within the final 12 months.
Fellow compatriots, our administration is dedicated to free enterprise, free entry, and free exit in investments whereas sustaining the sanctity and efficacy of our regulatory processes. This precept guides the divestment transactions in our upstream petroleum sector, the place we’re dedicated to altering the fortune positively. As such, the ExxonMobil Seplat divestment will obtain ministerial approval in a matter of days, having been concluded by the regulator, NUPRC, consistent with the Petroleum Business Act, PIA. This was completed in the identical method as different certified divestments authorized within the sector.
The transfer will create vibrancy and enhance oil and fuel production, positively impacting our financial system.
The extra disciplined method adopted by the Central {Bank} to financial coverage administration has ensured stability and predictability in our overseas alternate market. We inherited a reserve of over $33 billion 16 months in the past. Since then, now we have paid again the inherited foreign exchange backlog of $7 billion. We’ve cleared the methods and means debt of over N30 trillion. We’ve decreased the debt service ratio from 97 per cent to 68 per cent. Regardless of all these, now we have managed to maintain our overseas reserve at $37 billion. We proceed to fulfill all our obligations and pay our payments.
We’re shifting forward with our fiscal coverage reforms. To stimulate our productive capability and create extra jobs and prosperity, the Federal Govt Council authorized the {Economic} Stabilisation Payments, which is able to now be transmitted to the Nationwide Meeting. These transformative payments will make our enterprise surroundings extra pleasant, stimulate funding and scale back the tax burden on companies and employees as soon as they’re handed into legislation.
As a part of our efforts to re-engineer our political financial system, we’re resolute in our willpower to implement the Supreme Court docket judgment on the {financial} autonomy of native governments.
The central concern of our individuals as we speak is the excessive value of residing, particularly meals prices. This concern is shared by many across the globe as costs and the price of residing proceed to rise worldwide.
My fellow Nigerians, be assured that we’re implementing many measures to scale back the price of residing right here at residence.
I commend the Governors notably, in Kebbi, Niger, Jigawa, Kwara, Nasarawa, and the Southwest Governors which have embraced our agricultural production programme. I urge different states to hitch the Federal Authorities in investing in mechanised farming. We’re enjoying our half by supplying fertilizer and making tractors and different farm tools accessible. Final week, the Federal Govt Council authorized establishing an area meeting plant for 2000 John Deere tractors, mix harvesters, disc riders, backside ploughs and different farm tools. The plant has a completion time of six months.
Our vitality transition programme is on target. We’re increasing the adoption of the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Pure Fuel for mass transit with non-public sector gamers. The Federal Authorities is able to help the thirty-six States and FCT in buying CNG buses for cheaper public transportation.
Fellow Nigerians, whereas we’re working to stabilise the financial system and safe the nation, we additionally search to foster nationwide unity and construct social concord and cohesion. Our financial system can solely thrive when there may be peace.
As we work to beat the challenges of the day, we stay conscious of the subsequent era as we search to provoke their artistic vitality in the direction of a greater future. We lead as we speak with the long run we want to bequeath to our kids in focus, recognizing that we can not design a future that belongs to them with out making them its architects.
Contemplating this, I’m happy to announce the gathering of a Nationwide Youth Convention. This convention will probably be a platform to deal with the varied challenges and alternatives confronting our younger individuals, who represent greater than 60 per cent of our inhabitants. It’s going to provoke significant dialogue and empower our younger individuals to take part actively in nation-building. By guaranteeing that their voices are heard in shaping the insurance policies that affect their lives, we’re making a pathway for a brighter tomorrow.
The 30-day Confab will unite younger individuals nationwide to collaboratively develop options to points similar to schooling, employment, innovation, safety, and social justice. The modalities of this Confab and collection of delegates will probably be designed in shut session with our younger individuals by way of their representatives. By this confab, will probably be our job as leaders to make sure that their aspirations are on the coronary heart of the convention’s deliberations. The federal government will totally take into account and implement the suggestions and outcomes from this discussion board as we stay resolute in our mission to construct a extra inclusive, affluent, and united Nigeria.
Our authorities is implementing a number of different youth-centric programmes to offer our younger individuals a bonus within the quickly altering world. We’re implementing, amongst others, the three million Technical Abilities programme (3MTT) of the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economic system, aimed toward constructing Nigeria’s technical expertise spine.
We’ve additionally enthusiastically applied the Nigerian Training Mortgage Fund (NELFUND), which supplies low cost loans to our college students to pursue their tertiary academic goals. As well as, later this month, we will launch The Renewed Hope Labour Employment and Empowerment Programme (LEEP). It’s conceived as a complete suite of interventions at job creation by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment that’s aimed toward facilitating the creation of two.5 million jobs, instantly and not directly, on an annual incremental foundation while concurrently guaranteeing the welfare and security of employees throughout the nation.
As is the custom, the federal government will quickly announce all of the beneficiaries of our nationwide honours for 2024.
The Senate President and the Chief Justice of the Federation have been conferred with the honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). The deputy Senate President and Speaker of the Home of Representatives have the honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), whereas the deputy speaker of the Home has been awarded Commander of the Order of Niger (CON).
Fellow Nigerians, higher days are forward of us. The challenges of the second should all the time make us imagine in ourselves. We’re Nigerians—resilient and tenacious. We all the time prevail and rise above our circumstances.
I urge you to imagine in our nation’s promise. The highway forward could also be difficult, however we are going to forge a path towards a brighter future along with your assist. Collectively, we are going to domesticate a Nigeria that displays the aspirations of all its residents, a nation that resonates with pleasure, dignity, and shared success.
As brokers of change, we will form our future and construct a brighter future by ourselves, for ourselves and for future generations.
Please be part of our administration on this journey in the direction of a brighter future. Allow us to work collectively to construct a higher Nigeria the place each citizen can entry alternatives and each baby can develop up with hope and promise.
Could God proceed to bless our nation and maintain members of our armed forces protected.
Glad Independence anniversary, my fellow Nigerians!
-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu