Osinkolu lauds Tinubu over 2024 Budget priorities

President Bola Tinubu has been lauded for given priorities to national defence and internal security, job creation, economy and human capital development, among others in the 2024 Budget presented to the National Assembly on Wednesday, November 29, 2023.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, expressed satisfaction with the 2024 budget, which he described as

a budget of renewed hope and a realistic one, looking at its parameters.

He said: “There are various indications that the budget proposal is realistic, looking at the main focus of local job creation, macro-economic stability, investment environment optimisation, human capital development, poverty reduction, and social security, all these are what is needed in the country to place it on a progressive ladder.”

Osinkolu, in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Thursday, said that, “with the sectoral allocations, I believe it is a budget for the common man.”

He appealed to the National Assembly to play its role by ensuring that all standing committees worked assiduously to realise an implementable budget.

The Ayede-Ekiti born politician said the budget proposal was realisable, noting that “from the presentation, every part of the country got something out of the budget.”

“Everybody looking for the prospect of the economy got a glimmer of the hope from the budget proposal presented by the President.

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“We need to do what we ought to do not to lose time while we re-organise the budget from January to December, by rolling over some of the projects and plans and all these have been captured in the budget presentation.

“The President demonstrated that he is capable of running another campaign and govern this country for another four years. We believe in his vision for this country. We are his foot soldiers,” he said.

He commended the President “for his resilience and the way he spoke for the period of the presentation.

“It is a good development that we are seeing our president well. I am really happy about that and at the same time, happy that it will emancipate Nigerians.”

He reminded Nigerians that the battle President Tinubu is fighting to rid this country of endemic corruption is a battle that cannot be left in his hands alone.

“Therefore, all heads of Ministries Departments and Agencies must stand up to let him know the rot in their various establishments and let the change begins with them.

“Be the change champion to support President Tinubu in this fight against the scourge giving the country a bad image. We must all rise up and ensure that the President delivers to Nigerians his visions and missions and make Nigeria a better place than he met it,” he said.

The Star