Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s administration, saying the nation’s issues are being addressed.
Kosoko spoke on the Talk To B podcast hosted by actress Biola Adebayo, the place he argued that some Nigerians wanted to think about the nation’s scenario earlier than Tinubu took workplace.
“Things are not as bad as some people have claimed and they need to understand. Go and check the majority of those people. Before Tinubu came, what were they eating?” he mentioned.
However, when the interviewer requested what proof an unusual Nigerian might level to in help of the declare that Tinubu was fixing the nation, Kosoko maintained that the President was working to deal with issues inherited by his administration.
The actor additionally pointed to the coed mortgage scheme as one of many authorities’s initiatives.
He urged beneficiaries to discuss how this system had helped them.
He mentioned the federal government had promised to help graduates who couldn’t instantly safe employment.
“Such initiatives deserved public attention,” he mentioned.
Kosoko, who mentioned he had been concerned in politics since 1978, additionally argued that political ambition generally prevented individuals from acknowledging what he thought-about progress by the federal government.
According to him, some Nigerians knew the reality in regards to the administration however allowed their political pursuits to affect their opinions.
“Those in the opposition know the truth. They know that the man is on the right track, but ambition is affecting their thinking,” Jide Kosoko mentioned.
