Former Media Aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has reiterated his support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, praising him as the first Nigerian leader to attempt to bring the nation to the ideal state it was before the January 15, 1966 coup.
Omokri stated that one of the key principles of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda was his commitment to reforming Nigeria by decentralizing power to the lower levels of government.
Omokri, who reviewed the historical state of Nigerian government, made this known in a statement shared via his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Sunday, January 5.
Omokri wrote: “My support for President Tinubu is because he is the first Nigerian President to try to bring Nigeria to that utopian state we were before the January 15, 1966 coup.
“One of the cardinal principles of President Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda was his promise to reform Nigeria by devolving power to the lower levels of government.
“We have seen the first fruition of that promise with Local Government autonomy achieved via the Supreme Court on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
“Next month, Local Governments will receive funding directly without going through state Governors.
“And by the time the Tax Reform Bill passes into law, Nigeria will begin to look more like the idyllic pre January 15, 1966 paradise it was before the serpents, Majors Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu, cast us out of the Garden of Eden.
“For the first time since Ironsi’s Unification of Assets decree, we are gradually seeing a return to true Federalism. Leading me to see President Tinubu the father of modern Nigeria.
“This is beginning to look like the Nigeria we agreed with the British to have as a country.”
Credit: X/Reno Omokri.
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