By BASHIR ADEFAKA
Nigeria’s newly inaugurated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Tuesday resumed duty in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, with first major official assignment in the office being on how to tackle the problems associated with fuel subsidy removal he did with his inaugural speech at Eagle Square on Monday.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his first day in office at State House, Abuja on Tuesday May 30, 2023.
President Tinubu met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, and the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari, and that was he had inspected Presidential guard of honour at the quarter guard gate upon his arrival.
He arrived at the forecourt of the State House at about 2:30 pm through the quarter guard gate, which is his official entrance gate and was received by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and the outgoing Director of Protocol, DOP.
Others were the governor of CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, the GCEO of NNPCL, Mr Kyari, a member of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. James Faleke, among others.
The President went straight to his office with Emefiele, Kyari, Gbajabiamila, Faleke and others.
Although the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it may not be unconnected with the removal of fuel subsidies and the attendant fuel scarcity.
It is expected that the issue of unification of foreign exchange, recent Naira Redesign among others
Recall that President Tinubu had his inaugural speech announced that the subsidy is gone and this immediately made filling stations to shut down their stations.
