Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, says residents have changed his nickname from \u201cAkpako Rescue\u201d to \u201cOkpe\u2019s baby\u201d, adding that the reception he receives from the public gives him joy.\n<\/p>\n
The governor disclosed this during a live broadcast shared by ITV and Radio on Saturday, recounting his experience while walking along Sapele Road.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI was on Sapele Road yesterday. They have even changed my name from Akpako Rescue to Okphe\u2019s baby. These things give me joy because I walk freely on the street; instead of throwing pure water at me, they are giving me sweet names\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
Okpebholo also expressed confidence in President Bola Tinubu, attributing his support for the President to the economic reforms introduced by his administration.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a meeting with supporters, the governor said the reforms were beginning to yield results, particularly in the prices of commodities and the foreign exchange market.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do I have confidence to talk about Mr President? It\u2019s because of many reforms this man has put in place that is yielding fruit for this country,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He urged business owners and members of the public to consider the changes in the economy since Tinubu assumed office.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you cast your mind back to those that are businessmen here, or women, or those that have friends that are into business, or you that go to supermarkets anyway, or buying dollars, you will know what I mean,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
The governor argued that the exchange rate had been relatively stable and that the naira had strengthened against the dollar, contrasting the situation with the perception that prices in Nigeria only increased.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThose days we used to say something, prices that go up in Nigeria never come down. But you can see prices of dollars coming down gradually, and it\u2019s not going back up,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
Okpebholo also defended the removal of the petrol subsidy, arguing that the policy had addressed a system in which a few individuals benefited disproportionately from the country\u2019s resources.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThis man has been able to remove oil subsidies, whereby few individuals are serving the work of this country in their palm,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, says residents have changed his nickname from \u201cAkpako Rescue\u201d to \u201cOkpe\u2019s baby\u201d, adding that the reception he receives from the public gives him joy. The… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}