‘I’m a promise keeper’: I’ll eliminate poverty in Nigeria — Tinubu

Bola Tinubu, the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to eliminate poverty in Nigeria if elected.

Tinubu made the pledge at a townhall meeting on Mining and Security in Lafia on Thursday.

The former Lagos State governor said he would prioritise the resuscitation of the nation’s economy through the development of the solid mineral sector, adding that the nation is richly blessed and can cater for itself.

This, he said, was to create job opportunities, boost socio-economic activities and improve on the standard of living of Nigerians.

The presidential flagbearer stressed that: “We have the capacity, knowledge, intelligence to take this country to the promise land.

“I will eliminate poverty and I will break the shackle of poverty, we know how to do it. I am a promise keeper.”

He also said his administration would enact legislative reforms and forge strategic partnerships with private sector investors with requisite skills and proven capacity to support investment in the mining sector.

“We, the APC, shall continue to stand before the Nigerian people to discuss the real issues of the day and offer insight into the policy solutions we intend to deploy to solve them. In this, we remain the best and only hope for progressive good governance in Nigeria.

“Few nations are as well-endowed as Nigeria, given our industrious, energetic population and our vast inventory of land, water and natural resources.

” Our beloved nation has abundant, commercially viable solid mineral deposits such as coal, limestone, iron ore, bitumen, lead, zinc, gold and a variety of gemstones.

“It is the obligation of government to use these gifts wisely to benefit the nation and improve the living standards of the average Nigerian,” he said.