Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Trending
    • I’m Going To Contest For President In 2027, Peter Obi Declares
    • FG Fines Multichoice N766m For Violating Data Protection Act
    • We Haven’t Received Any Court Reinstatement Order On Natasha – Senate
    • ‘Crush Them All’, Tinubu Orders Military To Confront Terrorists, Bandits
    • Emir Bayero Pays Condolence Visit To Dantata Family
    • 21 Killed In Zaria–Kano Road Accident
    • Police Declare Two Rivers Officials Wanted Over Attack On LG Administrator
    • FG Puts Presidential Jet For Sale In Switzerland After Nigeria Acquires Airbus A330
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    NEWS POINT NIGERIANEWS POINT NIGERIA
    UBA 720X90
    • HOME
    • NEWS

      I’m Going To Contest For President In 2027, Peter Obi Declares

      July 6, 2025

      FG Fines Multichoice N766m For Violating Data Protection Act

      July 6, 2025

      We Haven’t Received Any Court Reinstatement Order On Natasha – Senate

      July 6, 2025

      ‘Crush Them All’, Tinubu Orders Military To Confront Terrorists, Bandits

      July 6, 2025

      Emir Bayero Pays Condolence Visit To Dantata Family

      July 6, 2025
    • COLUMN

      Don’t Kill Yourself Because He’s Cheating – By Funke Egbemode

      July 6, 2025

      Opposition Coalition: New Wine In Old Wineskins? – By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah

      July 5, 2025

      Danger Of The Single Story (DSS) – By Azu Ishiekwene

      July 3, 2025

      PDP: A Party On Death-Bed – By Kazeem Akintunde

      June 30, 2025

      Fear And Fragility: How Safe Are Nigerians? – By Dr Dakuku Peterside

      June 30, 2025
    • EDUCATION

      13 Countries Offering Free Or Low-Cost PhD Programmes For Non-Citizens

      January 25, 2025

      NECO: Abia, Imo Top Performing States In Two Years, Katsina, Zamfara Come Last

      October 3, 2024

      NBTE Accredits 17 Programmes At Federal Polytechnic Kabo

      August 20, 2024

      15 Most Expensive Universities In Nigeria

      May 19, 2024

      FULL LIST: Tinubu Appoints Former SGF Yayale, Ex-Governor Yuguda, Muhammad Abacha, Jega In Universities’ Governing Councils

      May 18, 2024
    • INTERNATIONAL

      Israel Sending Negotiating Team To Qatar For Gaza Ceasefire Talks

      July 6, 2025

      Texas Flood Kills 24 As Rescuers Search For Children Missing From Girls’ Camp

      July 6, 2025

      UN Says 613 Gaza Killings Recorded At Aid Sites, Near Humanitarian Convoys

      July 5, 2025

      Dozens Feared Hurt In Fuel Station Blast Across Rome

      July 5, 2025

      Israel Kills More Than 300 In Gaza In 48 Hours As Focus Intensifies On GHF

      July 3, 2025
    • JUDICIARY

      FULL LIST: Judicial Council Recommends Appointment Of 11 Supreme Court Justices

      December 6, 2023

      Supreme Court: Judicial Council Screens 22 Nominees, Candidates Face DSS, Others

      November 29, 2023

      FULL LIST: Judicial Commission Nominates 22 Justices For Elevation To Supreme Court

      November 16, 2023

      Seven Key Issues Resolved By Seven Supreme Court Judges

      October 26, 2023

      FULL LIST: CJN To Swear In Falana’s Wife, 57 Others As SANs November 27

      October 12, 2023
    • POLITICS

      What Peter Obi May Lose If He Joins Coalition As VP Candidate

      May 25, 2025

      Atiku Moves To Unseat Wike’s Damagum As PDP Chairman, Backs Suswam As Replacement

      April 15, 2024

      Edo’s Senator Matthew Uroghide, Others Defect To APC

      April 13, 2024

      Finally, Wike Opens Up On Rift With Peter Odili

      April 2, 2024

      El-Rufa’i’s Debt Burden: APC Suspends Women Leader For Criticising Kaduna Gov

      March 31, 2024
    • SPORTS

      Best Of African Women’s Football On Display As WAFCON Kicks Off

      July 6, 2025

      Mbappe Scores As Real Madrid Beat Dortmund To Set-Up PSG Semi-Final

      July 6, 2025

      Super Eagles’ Captain, Ahmed Musa Named General Manager Of Kano Pillars

      July 5, 2025

      Rashford, Garnacho, Sancho, Two Others Inform Man United Of Exit

      July 5, 2025

      Kaduna SDP Chieftain, Bashir Zakariya Dies In Auto Crash

      July 3, 2025
    • MORE
      • AFRICA
      • ANALYSIS
      • BUSINESS
      • ENTERTAINMENT
      • FEATURED
      • LENS SPEAK
      • INFO – TECH
      • INTERVIEW
      • NIGERIA DECIDES
      • OPINION
      • Personality Profile
      • Picture of the month
      • Science
      • Special Project
      • Videos
      • Weekend Sports
    NEWS POINT NIGERIANEWS POINT NIGERIA
    UBA 720X90
    Home - 64 Years After, A Brighter Future Beckons Under President Tinubu – By Mohammed Idris, FNIR

    64 Years After, A Brighter Future Beckons Under President Tinubu – By Mohammed Idris, FNIR

    By Mohammed Idris, FNIROctober 4, 2024
    Information Minister 5

    ON this day 64 years ago, a new independent nation crystallized from the dreams and ambitions of a group of men and women driven by the vision of self-rule for the largest black country in the world. They wrote, campaigned, negotiated and agitated, until that vision became reality.

    And thus, on October 1, 1960, the colonial flag was lowered for the last time, and in its place the triumphant green-white-green emerged, a powerful symbol of black and African pride and energy.

    Today, we celebrate that moment in our history. Interestingly, we are celebrating it with the same national anthem that ushered us into independence, basking in the truth that even while our tribes and tongues may differ, we stand united; one country, one people, one destiny.

    UBA

    We also know that we still have a long journey ahead, as we strive like all other countries towards enduring peace, progress and prosperity.

    What we should not do on this day is allow our challenges to completely obscure the progress we have made and we are making as a country.

    WIDGET ADS

    Twenty-five years ago, we tentatively embarked on another attempt at democracy, after 15 years of unbroken military rule.

    I say ‘tentatively’ because naysayers abounded, and many assumed that this latest experiment at democracy would go the short-lived way of the others before it. Until 1999, our longest attempt at democracy was the six years of the first Republic. But through determination and perseverance, our 4th Republic is now a quarter of a century old.

    Thomas Sankara African Leadership Prize

    We have broken a jinx, and this is undoubtedly worthy of acknowledgement and commemoration. Today indeed marks the 26th celebration of Independence Day after the historic handover of May 29, 1999.

    We have come a long way, indeed, and things can only get better from here. Amid the many challenges that we face as a nation, sixty-four years after independence, there’s also much that should encourage and inspire us.

    Nigerian TAX Reform - Federal Goverment

    May 29, 2023 brought us yet another seamless transition of power, that ushered President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Renewed Hope agenda into office. Since then, the President has left no doubts about his capacity and determination to boldly lay a new socioeconomic foundation for Africa’s most populous nation.

    On the level of macroeconomic stability, a lot of progress has been made – in stabilizing government revenues, the foreign exchange market, debt management, investment inflows, and more. A new national minimum wage has taken effect, alongside the consequential salary adjustments.

    The much-awaited local government financial autonomy is finally becoming a reality, thanks to the President’s bold move to seek judicial clarification at the Supreme Court.

    National Orientation Agency Page UP
    National Orientation Agency - Down

    Investors are seeing and responding positively to the reforms. Just in recent days we’ve seen news of renewals of billion-dollar investment commitments from multinationals like Exxon Mobil and Coca Cola. The work ahead now is to ensure that this translates into gains that can be deeply felt in lives and households across the country.

    I can boldly say that this is the task that is uppermost in the President’s mind – ensuring that the high-level policies and programs being implemented touch lives in very positive and meaningful ways.

    Just last week, the Federal Executive Council approved an omnibus Economic Stabilization Bill that will transform the Nigerian economy in many ways, and help fast-track the attainment of President Tinubu’s renewed hope. The approved Bill will now go to the National Assembly for passage, and then presidential assent.

    Once finalized, the new legislation will facilitate domestic and foreign investment, as well as remittances and other foreign exchange inflows, reduce tax burdens, and promote business and entrepreneurship.

    One of the biggest issues in the country currently is the cost of transportation and commuting, on account of the removal of petrol subsidy. This has led to the launch and rollout of a national program to make Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) the vehicle fuel of choice in Nigeria.

    The biggest advantage is that CNG is much cheaper than petrol and diesel, and will help bring down the cost of transportation and commuting by over 60 percent. It is also a cleaner fuel, and better for the environment. For a country as blessed with gas resources in Nigeria, CNG is a smart and welcome bet on the future. In the last one year the presidential CNG initiative has unlocked $175 million in private sector investments in critical infrastructure, and Nigeria now has 125 conversion centres, up from just seven a year ago.

    In September, the world’s largest single-train crude oil refinery began producing petrol for the Nigerian market, instantly rewriting the existing narrative of an oil producing country that is forced to depend exclusively on imported petrol. Starting this month, the Dangote Refinery will pay for crude oil supplies in Naira, in a welcome decision approved by President Tinubu to bring down the cost of locally produced petroleum products.

    Also, the new Presidential Gas for Growth Initiative is implementing a zero-percent VAT regime on a wide range of the sale of gas and gas-related equipment.

    In addition to transport costs, the Federal government is also targeting food and pharmaceuticals, to bring prices down. President Tinubu has approved the temporary removal of import duties and taxes on certain essential food items, as well as pharmaceutical raw materials and equipment.

    We acknowledge that it will take some time for the effect of these actions to be felt in the market, and in the pockets of Nigerians, and we ask for patience and understanding as the implementation is fine-tuned. The results will certainly be felt, in no distant time.

    Initiatives like the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) and the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CrediCorp) are putting money in the pockets of students and workers respectively, enabling people to pursue their dreams of completing education, starting and growing businesses, advancing careers, and affording life’s necessities.

    At the end of the day, this is what matters the most to the people of Nigeria, and it is what we exist for as government: to make life better for all, ensuring no one is left behind.

    There’s something for everyone, and I urge all Nigerians to actively look for which of these many transformational programs and opportunities they can benefit from.

    Government exists to make life better, but this can only happen when the people are aware of opportunities and keen and ready to engage.

    Happy 64th Independence anniversary to the nation and people of Nigeria!

    • Idris, fnipr is the Minister of Information and National Orientation of Nigeria.

    64th İndependence Mohammed Idris Tinubu
    Share. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn Telegram Email

    Related Posts

    ‘Crush Them All’, Tinubu Orders Military To Confront Terrorists, Bandits

    July 6, 2025

    FG Puts Presidential Jet For Sale In Switzerland After Nigeria Acquires Airbus A330

    July 6, 2025

    Ribadu: Of Progress And Agents Of Distraction – By Khalid Mahmud

    July 6, 2025

    Tinubu Arrives In Brazil As BRICS Nations Set To Denounce Trump’s Tariffs

    July 5, 2025
    Add A Comment
    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    Latest Posts

    I’m Going To Contest For President In 2027, Peter Obi Declares

    July 6, 2025

    FG Fines Multichoice N766m For Violating Data Protection Act

    July 6, 2025

    We Haven’t Received Any Court Reinstatement Order On Natasha – Senate

    July 6, 2025

    ‘Crush Them All’, Tinubu Orders Military To Confront Terrorists, Bandits

    July 6, 2025

    Emir Bayero Pays Condolence Visit To Dantata Family

    July 6, 2025
    Advertisement
    WIDGET ADS
    News Point NG
    © 2025 NEWS POINT NIGERIA Developed by ENGRMKS & CO.
    • Home
    • About us
    • Disclaimer
    • Our Advert Rates
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

    Join Us On WhatsApp