Ekiti lawmaker urges youths to give Tinubu more time

Rep Kolawole Akinlayo (APC-Ekiti)  has urged youths in  the country to give President Bola Tinubu  more time  to address their concerns.

• By Femi Ogunshola
• Rep Kolawole Akinlayo (APC-Ekiti)  has urged youths in  the country to give President Bola Tinubu  more time  to address their concerns.
• The lawmaker who made the appeal  while adressing  newsmen on Monday  in Abuja, said that  bad governance did not start with Tinubu’s administration .
• According to him, bad governance did not start with this administration, it has been with us but the people reserve the right to protest.
• “If you inherit a bad structure, it will take time to fix it. We need to be patience with the government in power,” he said.
• Akinlayo urged the protesting youths on the street to shelve their protest, adding that there was need to consider the olive branch being offered by the president.
•  “I want the youth to consider the olive branch offered by the president for the youth to embrace dialogue with the government which is better than protest.
• “The president has told us of the projects he has for the country, but bad governance led to the protest which is not the fault of the president,”he said.
• Speaking on the rice that the president said he sent to states, the lawmaker  said  he did not receive any rice.
• “Nobody distribute rice to me, but the governors got rice, so we should be asking them, the lawmakers were only given a truck of fertilizer which is 600.
• “ I have gotten my own fertilizer and distributed to my constituency, but I am not aware of any rice given to any member.”
• He said that there was need to make a realistic demand from the government, adding that asking that the government reverse pump price to N157 per litter was not realistic.(NAN)