Education, Healthcare Will Get More Priority, Assures President Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu assured Nigerians that his administration would give more attention to the education and healthcare sector as well as take steps to boost industrialization and investments to create an economically stable and prosperous country.

Speaking at the second-term inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State in Owerri on Monday, the president said he is aware of Nigerians' concerns and assured the challenges from his reforms are being resolved.

"In the past 40 years, a few people were cornering our common wealth, and calling it a subsidy, but I call it wasteful. Right now, we are all bearing and sharing that pain. But things are looking up," he said, as per the statement shared on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"Things will get better for the good of all Nigerians. With me, there is hope. I assure you that there will be substantial development in education for your children; priority on industrialization; healthcare will receive more allocation and attention. We will train more health workers," he added.

The president lauded the Uzodinma for his administration and described him as the "real hope" for the state while calling him a "very unique individual who resonates with a progressive agenda."

Tinubu said that it is a great honor for him to be in the state and congratulated everyone for being discerning and determined to vote for the governor for the second term.

According to the president, Nigerians used to feel afraid visiting Imo State earlier but now, it has become completely safe and open for business and he attributed the current environment to the unity, cooperation, and a focus on internal security. Tinubu also assured the support of the federal government for the rapid development of the state.

Governor Uzodinma, on the other hand, pledged to make his second tenure an uncommon tenure in the execution of policies, adding that his administration has been able to "lay a solid foundation for accelerated economic growth and development of our state."

"We also addressed the decay we met in the civil service, the decay we met in the education sector, and the health sector. In addition, we addressed the lingering problem of unemployment through the variety of youth empowerment initiatives," he added.

Uzodinma noted his government imparted online training and other portable skills, including artificial intelligence, to the state's young men and women to tackle unemployment crisis.

In the next four years, the governor said his administration would focus on massive infrastructural expansion through a 10-year development plan to make the state self-sufficient.