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Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday said President Bola Tinubu has made Nigeria far better in just two years in office with his remarkable policies and Renewed Hope agenda.

The governor, in an opinion article titled ‘Two Years After, The Indicators Are Positive’ commended the president for the bold and audacious move he made in announcing the removal of subsidy on his inauguration in May 2025, saying, the president has clearly demonstrated that he meant business as far as tending to the seemingly intractable problems of Nigeria was concerned.

“With requisite but rare confidence and the willpower to make crucial but difficult choices, he gave a clear inkling of what serious leadership means right from his inauguration at the Eagle Square”.

“That one-liner – subsidy is gone and gone for good – was to later set the stage for several other revolutionary game-changing decisions that are fast altering the narrative of our dear nation, dipped in a truly genuine Renewed Hope Agenda.

“Critics are quick to remind the nation, nay the world, that the President once opposed fuel subsidy removal. Truth is, such individuals are too short-sighted to understand the place of time in decision-making. Only a leader in the cast of Asiwaju does” .

“Subsidy removal was an idea whose time had not come, when it was first mooted. That was why to even muster the political will at the time was in itself herculean. Besides, it was all obscured by other environmental elements.

“When the time eventually came, Tinubu who, as a realist, would not miss such an opportunity, embraced the idea, not just as a Nigerian, but now as the President. Of course, the consequences of this tough choice have hit the masses so hard. It was so because subsidy removal was sudden – and shocking. Understandably so!

“But with comion and magnanimity of leadership, the President has so far managed the fallout very well, with the otherwise scathing effects now gradually thawing, giving meaning and clarity to the decision”.

Sanwo-Olu said President Tinubu not only invested in Compressed Natural Gas buses to cushion the pains of subsidy removal but also “provided palliatives for us, the subnationals, as development partners, just so we could collectively attack the consequences from all sides and give reprieve to our people”.

The governor also lauded the president for initiating other bold reforms such as the Tax Reform Bill, Student loan scheme, floatation of the naira and executing “major projects, such as bridges, railways, power, oil and gas developments, as well as crucial road construction, notably the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and Sokoto-Badagry Highway”. These, according to him are the “the real positive indicators for investment purposes”.

Other achievements listed by the governor include the Digital and Creative Enterprises designed for the empowerment of young people and creating millions of IT and technical jobs, The Skill-Up Artisans Programme, which introduced the Nigerian Youth Academy and the National Youth Talent Export Programme and the g into law of the new National Minimum Wage.

“To those who may say why celebrate two years of the President Bola Tinubu istration? I say take a look around and get your facts right before diving into this conversation. After all, “comment is free; facts are sacred”.

“Needless to say, it is not yet uhuru as there are still some challenges – there will always be; that is the nature of life. For example, in security, the remnants of the heavily decimated anti-social elements have been battling to create anarchy and divide us, but the capacity of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the resolve of his security team to get a hang of this, are quite evident. It is a matter of time. The last of these criminals will be cleared off the surface of the earth”.

“It is on the strength of these and more that true patriots and progressive elements alike cannot but congratulate our dear President Bola Ahmed Akanbi Tinubu GCFR, and also urge him not to drop the ball on of fleeting distractions”.

While urging the President not to drop the ball despite distractions from naysayers, Sanwo-Olu concluded by saying that voluntary defection by key leaders of the opposition parties the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is a testament to the fact that they acknowledged that President Tinubu and his team means well for the country and they have chosen to identify with him.

“What is more – we have begun to see results in the gale of defections of key personalities from pivotal states into the APC. These are not defections coerced by anyone but out of the freewill of the individuals who have chosen to identify with a team that is determined and means well for the ultimate good of the country”.

“Overall, the truth of the matter is that with these positive indicators capped with the “Nigerian First” policy, the ship of state is definitely berthing safe, with a decorated captain and political war general – Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu – who has been tested and trusted in times of crises and challenges”.
https://thescrutinyng.com/sanwo-olu-to-tinubu-you-have-achieved-so-much-in-just-two-years/

I can't even differentiate between Nigeria and Dubai again

Sure, he has achieved a lot. He kept his promise of continuing from where Buhari stopped and has further plunged millions into poverty.

The achievement too big for the nacked eye

Lol
I like the way politicians are saying one thing the masses are saying opposite

All we are pleading from our lovely most performing president tinubu is for an absolutely free and fair election in 2027. Let's the people themselves show him how much they love his performance

Sanwo olu spoke the minds of majority of Nigerians

Achieved what exactly...?

Pls list the achievements.

Two of the reasons I can never be a politician. Kissing a.s,s and making such bold lies in the face of contrasting evidence.

It's the people that would defend and speak his praise if he has done well!

Little wonder u were attacking HE peter obi unprovoked. You are trying to be on the good book of Tinubu, them no tell you say Tinubu no dey forgive his Eru's u can ask Ambode.

yarimo:
Sanwo olu spoke the minds of majority of Nigerians

month don end 30k don enter, at least u go drink brukutu today.

fuckingAyaya:
month don end 30k don enter, at least u go drink brukutu today.

robbery alert nairalanders chaii

yarimo:
robbery alert nairalanders chaii

enjoy ur brukutu this night but spend ur 30k wisely and no carry OS

Sanwo has been working overtime to ingratiate himself with his godfather recently. I will advise that instead of all this media blitz and burnish, he should go and find a way to hide under Madam Remi to help him thaw the mind of the Aso overlord...
All these turenchi will not save him when the soup is done
He's about to the league of betrayers

Our mumu don do leds wait for 2027

This life no balance. See the man Tinubu snubbed and yet embracing Reno and Bwala who called him all manners of names

Agbegbaorogboye:
Sanwo has been working overtime to ingratiate himself with his godfather recently. I will advise that instead of all this media blitz and burnish, he should go and find a way to hide under Madam Remi to help him thaw the mind of the Aso overlord...
All these turenchi will not save him when the soup is done
He's about to the league of betrayers

The next Fubara Therapy for Sanwoolu and the 40 Lagos State legislooters. Sanwoolu should start preparing his HANDING-OVER notes. He is a wolf in sheep clothing. Forgiveness of betrayal is a sin. He is part of the opposition coalition.
He did not the Muslim/Muslim ticket. Having lost the financial backing of the South-South Governors, who have pledged their unflinching loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the opposition coalition now heavily relies on Sanwoolu, as their ATM, through Aisha Achimugu.

Do you expect him to Pitobi before?

fuckingAyaya:
Little wonder u were attacking HE peter obi unprovoked. You are trying to be on the good book of Tinubu, them no tell you say Tinubu no dey forgive his Eru's u can ask Ambode.

yarimo:
Sanwo olu spoke the minds of majority of Nigerians

come agbero chairman nairaland branch next time say sanwo olu spoke the minds of Agbero union na

PBAT has really tried.. history will be kind to him.
He stood firmly on subsidy removal, cleared IMF debt, built infrastructure (rail, roads, coastal roads, airports, seaports etc.). He even created a Marine and blue economy portfolio to help maximize the profit from our water bodies.
The only part remaining is security, he should do more in that aspect. Ensure soldiers are well catered for, well equipped and well funded. Flush out those issuing instructions to soldiers not to engage the insurgents. It's Govt. job and nobody is above discipline or dismissal from service.
Let those ready to work with you work for lasting peace and security and pen all others for retirement or dishonourable discharge, whatever.

Abaziaka:
Our mumu don do leds wait for 2027

Nigerians are the biggest dunces, they can't do shit come 2027. They accepted rubbish twice, they will accept it again.