President Bola Tinubu has bragged that for three straight months he has met Nigeria’s financial obligations without touching remittances by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited or using advances from the Central Bank of Nigeria via Ways and Means.
The President stated this during his first Presidential Media Chat, which was broadcast from his Ikoyi, Lagos home on Monday night.
Tinubu said: “Push me to my brag mode.
“In the last three months, I’ve not taken a penny from NNPC before I met my other obligations.
“Without falling back to the old order, without going into Ways and Means, I’ve met all obligations
“To me, that is excellent.”
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When asked whether he was scoring himself high, the President said: “Why not?
“Will you score me?
“I should grade myself if I do my homework right.”
President Tinubu also told his interviewers that he does not support price control as a means of bringing down food prices.
He said: “I don’t believe in price control.
“I’m sorry.
“What we have to do is to keep supplying the market.”
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