The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Adetokunbo Abiru, has praised President Bola Tinubu for what he described as “courageous, visionary, and transformative leadership,” steering Nigeria through an era of sweeping economic and institutional reforms.
Abiru, who chairs both the Southern Senators’ Forum and the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, made the remarks on Tuesday at the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders’ Forum 2025.
According to a statement by his media aide, Enitan Olukotun, the lawmaker commended Tinubu for working closely with the National Assembly to enact landmark legislations supporting his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“These legislative interventions are the backbone of the President’s reforms, providing legal and institutional stability,” Abiru said.
He listed the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025, Tax Reform Acts 2025, Student Loan Act, Electricity Act Amendment, Data Protection Act, Police Reform Bill, Security Agencies Acts, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (Amendment) Bill, and the Startup Act Implementation Framework as some of the key laws underpinning the administration’s reform drive.
Abiru also highlighted the Revenue Administration Harmonisation Bill as a critical fiscal reform tool, describing it as “a strategic instrument that has consolidated revenue management and strengthened fiscal discipline.”
Reflecting on Tinubu’s tenure so far, Abiru said: “Two years ago, Nigerians entrusted him with the leadership of our nation at one of the most difficult moments in our modern history. The economy was distressed, public confidence shaken, and our national direction uncertain. Yet, true to his courage and visionary spirit, President Tinubu chose the harder but more honourable path — the path of reform, restructuring, and renewal.”
The senator further commended the President’s bold economic policies, such as the removal of fuel subsidy, unification of the foreign exchange market, and redirection of national resources to key sectors moves he said had restored “economic stability and fiscal discipline.”
Abiru also lauded major policy milestones achieved under Tinubu’s administration, including NELFUND’s educational loans to over 510,000 students, CrediCorp loans of ₦30 billion to 150,000 Nigerians, the new ₦70,000 minimum wage, and Project Bridge a 90,000-kilometre fibre-optic network designed to boost digital connectivity nationwide.
“What we are witnessing today is the institutionalisation of governance reforms through law the kind of structural changes that ensure sustainability beyond any administration,” he said.
Drawing parallels with Tinubu’s time as governor of Lagos State, Abiru noted that the state’s model of fiscal innovation and governance reform had become a national template.
“What started in Lagos as a vision for subnational resilience has become a template for national renewal. The principles of fiscal innovation, governance reform, and inclusive growth are now the building blocks of a new Nigeria,” he added.
Declaring his support for the President ahead of the 2027 general elections, Abiru said: “On behalf of the good people of Lagos East Senatorial District, and in concert with the collective will of our great party, I proudly and unequivocally endorse President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election in 2027.”
