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President Tinubu Promises Petrol Subsidy Removal Palliatives For Nigerians

President Bola Tinubu is urging Nigerians to exercise patience as the framework for palliatives to ameliorate the hardship brought on by the petrol subsidy removal were being worked out.

President Tinubu made this call when he received the Class of 1999 governors, made up of 18 governors who were his contemporaries, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He appealed for more patience from Nigerians, while assuring that the government will speed up the process and ensure a full-proof social security structure that will not be compromised, especially in cash transfer.

Addressing newsmen after the meeting, the former governors in a speech by their Chairman and ex-governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, urged the President to pursue his vision for a greater Nigeria with resilience, promising to provide the necessary social structure for actualization.