President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023 took the oath of office as the sixteenth leader of Nigeria.He took over from Muhammadu Buhari, who stayed eight years in the saddle. At his inauguration at the Eagle Square Abuja, Tinubu, was declared winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
In his inaugural speech, he said: “Subsidy is gone.” He later floated the naira to compete with the dollar as a means of stabilising the volatility in the forex market.Meanwhile on the Plateau, the first year of the Governor and his cabinet members has been greeted with both gains and pains, in as much as the governor has been applauded in some areas such as transportation, giving attention to abandoned projects, restructuring the Greater Jos Master Plan and also implementing the executive order, the people have called on the attention of the government to other areas like the educational sector, employment, insecurity and creation of an enabling environment for businesses to thrive in the state. How have the policies of the government in the Nigerian economy favoured the people on both the national and state level?How will you assess the present administration’s efforts and policies towards fixing the nation so far?Join Emile Alibeku and Richard Badung as they reel out some of the achievements and challenges of the current administration both at the state and federal level as the government mark their one year in office.Guest: Manji Wilson (Human Rights Activists) Abuja, via Phone callYomi Kosoko(Veteran Journalist and Public Affairs Analyst)