Abia governor Otti expresses optimism about Tinubu’s economic policies, says things will turn around with time

“So, it’s not going to be easy immediately but I believe that if we are patient and if we go through the policies without compromising, over time, things will turn around.”

During the visit, Otti thanked President Tinubu for his intervention on the long-abandoned Aba end of the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway, which led to the resumption of work on the reconstruction of the federal highway.

On the same day, Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka also visited President Tinubu and said he presented a seven-point agenda for moving Nigeria forward.

“I came here with a seven-point agenda and we had a very thorough discussion on those items,” he told reporters.

Soyinka said he told Tinubu not to run for the presidency.

“My first visit was an embarrassing visit because it was to try and persuade him not to run for office, I think I had written about that. I asked Atiku and himself to leave the ground for young people. That was the last time we met five years ago. I call him secretly ‘olori kunkun’ which means the stubborn one. He ignored my advice completely.