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Nigeria is now like Vietnam - Reno Omokri says after meeting Tinubu at Aso Rock

Omokri said the Tinubu administration has made progress in security, trade, and economic reforms, calling on Nigerians to support it irrespective of party differences.

Nigeria is now like Vietnam - Reno Omokri says after meeting Tinubu at Aso Rock

Omokri, a staunch supporter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan said this in a video he posted on his X on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

This comes hours after he paid an Independence Day homage to Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja following his return to the country from his base in the United Kingdom.

In a photo shared on his X earlier on Thursday, the social media personality sat with the President and exchanged handshakes.

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''Spending Independence Day with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa. May God bless Nigeria,'' he captioned the post.

Meanwhile, in the video, Omokri argued that the Tinubu administration has made some strides in security, trade, and economic reforms.

He cited the recent killings of some notorious bandits leaders in the North-West and the reduction of Nigeria's terrorism index rating from 8% a couple of years ago to less than 7% as evidence of security improvements.

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Omokri also highlighted Nigeria's trade surplus of a combined ₦14 trillion in the first and second quarters of 2024, describing the feat as a laudable result of the ongoing reforms.

''One of the reasons for the first time we've had a trade surplus for two quarters was because we're exporting more than we're importing. So we're having a trade surplus because of the national security implication, what they are doing with our borders,'' he said.

He reiterated his support for the removal of subsidy on petrol, which he noted that the President's opponents in the 2023 elections had also promised to do the same.

He asked Nigerians to be patient and support the government irrespective of party differences.

'' For the past, we've been borrowing and borrowing. Previous administrations don't have the courage to do what this administration has done - stop fuel subsidy. To sustain fuel subsidy, you need to be borrowing and when you keep borrowing, future governments, future generations are going to pay for it which is what we're experiencing now.

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''Right now, we're like Vietnam, our currency is now being stabilised, we're now having more goods manufactured in Nigeria, gradually it's going to affect you and I. So I want you to be patient,'' he stated.

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