A year ago, following his victory in the presidential election held in February 2023, President Bola Tinubu made promises on critical areas affecting the country, including the economy, security, power, and petrol subsidy. Naija News recalled that the President, during his inauguration, declared that ‘subsidy is gone’, which has continued to reverberate in economic circles across Nigeria. Nearly one year later, people are asking, how much of the promises have been fulfilled? Find below the full text of the May 29, 2023 speech: “My Fellow Citizens, “I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me.
My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute.
I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances when we seem to have reached the limits of our human capacity. “This day is bold and majestic yet bright and full of spirit, as is our precious nation. As a nation, we have long ago decided to march beyond the dimness of night into the open day of renewed national hope.
“The question we now ask ourselves is whether to remain faithful to the work inherent in building a better society or retreat into the shadows of our unmet potential. “For me, there is but one answer. We are too great a nation and too grounded as a people to rob ourselves of our finest destiny.
“This nation’s journey has been shaped by the prayers of million.
