Omokri to Tinubu: Slash your salary, cabinet members, cost of governance

Omokri to Tinubu: Slash your salary, cabinet members, cost of governance

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, says President Bola Tinubu can douse the tension in the country occasioned by the #EndBadGovernance protest.

Omokri, in a statement, said protest in Nigeria is often seen as an opportunity for criminals to loot and urged the President to address the nation at this important time.

“To nip this in the bud, I urge President Tinubu to either call a National Council of State meeting, or give a National Broadcast, or even do both,” he said.

Omokri urged Tinubu to “make some concessions” by slashing his salary, that of his cabinet members and reducing convoys of government office holders to cut cost of governance.

He also advised the president to “temporarily” return electricity subsidy and grant workers earning minimum wage a year’s tax holiday to ease the pains of Nigerians.

“To show that the President feels the people’s pains, perhaps the President can make some concessions by temporarily returning the electricity subsidy for six months.

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“Not fuel subsidy. The subsidy on power. That will ease the burdens of Nigerians and show that we have a listening President.

“Finally, the President may want to grant a year’s tax holiday to every person earning minimum wage to give them room to adjust to the changes in our economy,” the former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan said.

He however noted that “doing nothing at the presidential level is the worst strategy”, adding that “history will forgive a leader who makes the wrong decision but not the one who takes no action.”

Omokri’s comments come on the heels of a 10-day long planned protest where thousands of Nigerians largely youths are demanding more actions from the Tinubu-led government to ease the hardship in the country.

The protest began on Thursday in many parts of Nigeria. While it went peacefully in Lagos, states like Kano, Borno, Katsina and even the FCT recorded violence.

Omokri to Tinubu: Slash your salary, cabinet members, cost of governance