He spoke while hosting a
delegation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Forum led by
former Bauchi State Governor, Alhaji Isa Yuguda.
Alake asserted that Tinubu's
progressive leadership and courage in taking difficult decisions is turning the
tide, putting the economy on a strong footing.
"The President has chosen to
leave a legacy of taking difficult decisions that will herald enduring
structures that will not only outlast the administration, but also make it
impossible for successive administrations to deviate from. The society would
have become used to a certain standard of service delivery at the end of the
Tinubu administration that Nigerians will no more settle for anything less,
"Alake said.
According to him, it has become
evident that the temporary pains of reforms are beginning to ease, citing the
resurgence of the naira and emerging stability in the forex market.
The Minister further highlighted
the administration's efforts towards infrastructural renewal, citing the Lagos-Calabar
coastal road, which he stated on completion will shorten travel time to the
Cross-River state capital to two and half hours.
"On completion of that
coastal road, the amount of tourism that will be generated along that axis is
unimaginable. It will be one of the
longest tourism coast town drive in Africa, not to talk of the ease of movement
of goods and services; the economic impact of ports along the route, and it
will finally link up to Sokoto - a project which has been in the pipeline for
more than 30 years", Alake asserted.
He urged the forum as a
repository of knowledge and diverse professionals within the APC to contribute
their quota to the success of the administration, reiterating that the APC-led
Federal Government is open to innovative ideas in its quest to deliver
dividends of democracy to Nigerians through the Renewed Hope Agenda.
In his remarks, the Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the forum, Isa Yuguda commended the Minister's efforts
at sanitising and attracting global attention to the mining sector, emphasising
that solid minerals remain the key to Nigeria's economic prosperity.
The former Bauchi state governor
then urged Nigerians and the federal government to support Alake with all that
is required to transform the mining sector, stressing that solid minerals have
all it takes to overtake oil as the mainstay of the nation's economy.
Throwing light on the mission of
the APC professionals’ forum, Yuguda stated that the group is a foremost group
of patriotic professionals in diverse fields committed to nation building. He
assured the forum will lead to enlightenment of the populace on government
programmes and also advance suggestions, where necessary.
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