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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has disclosed that his grandson engaged President Bola Tinubu over the state of the nation during the festive season.
Speaking on Arise TV’s programme, ‘Morning Show,’ on Tuesday, Osoba said he had an audience with Tinubu during the holidays and bared his mind on situations of things in the country.
Acknowledging the hardship in the country, the former governor said he gave the president “counter-information” during his discussion with him, adding that his grandson also used the opportunity to inform Tinubu about the economic situation in Nigeria.
“As to the pain, I have direct access to him and in the last 10 days, I have had two audiences with him and we’ve had very deep and serious discussions. As part of my own role as an elder statesman, I was there to give him counter information and I did just that. And I can assure you, he is a listening person.
“I had a quality time with him on Christmas Day and even my grandson engaged him in discussion on Christmas Day. The young boy was very honest with him and told him some of the things that are going on in the country.
“So, I can assure you, he’s very much on top of things,” he said.
Osoba assured that the president will use 2024 to implement his Renewed Hope Agenda, adding that though there was hardship in the country, Tinubu is capable of turning things around.
“I do agree that things are very tough for everybody irrespective of one’s status in the society. There’s nobody in this country who is not feeling the pain and the current hardship, that I would admit and that I will not pretend not to know. But the government at the same time is struggling very hard to contain the hardship and reduce the pain,” he said.