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General News of Monday, 2 October 2023

Source: legit.ng

Subsidy Removal: 'My husband is not a magician' - Remi Tinubu reacts to NLC, TUC planned strike

First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu

Nigeria's First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu on Sunday, October 1st, maintained that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government is focused on fixing the country’s problems but admitted that her husband is not a magician.

With many Nigerians struggling with the hike in fuel prices, a sharp devaluation of the naira, and inflation now at 25 percent, occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy, the organised labour had called an indefinite strike slated for Tuesday, October 3, insisting the government failed to address their concerns.

Speaking at the church service at the National Christian Centre on Sunday, to mark Nigeria’s 63rd Independence, Mrs. Tinubu said her husband’s government inherited a lot of challenges, however, the Tinubu administration is willing to fix the issues affecting Nigeria, Channels TV reported.

“We are not here to put blame on any administration but to fix what has been damaged,” she said.

Mrs. Tinubu noted that fix what has been damaged.

President Tinubu’s wife visits Buhari in Daura

Legit.ng reported earlier that the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday, August 3rd, paid a courtesy visit to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari at his Daura residence in Katsina state.

The first lady who was accompanied on the visit by the wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Nana Shettima, said the visit was to check on the ex-president and thank him for his fatherly support.

Mrs. Tinubu prayed for long life, good health and more support from him not only for the administration of President Tinubu but for Nigeria as a whole.