{"id":5990,"date":"2024-02-29T16:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=5990"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:09:39","slug":"5990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/5990\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We&#8217;ll fight corruption to the ruins,&#8221; Tinubu assures Nigerians as he commissions Lagos Red Rail Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/statehouse.gov.ng\/team\/bola-ahmed-tinubu\/\">Bola Tinubu<\/a> has reassured Nigerians that his administration is committed to fighting corruption to ruins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThe fight against corruption is on, we will not look back, we will fight it to ruins,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">The president spoke when he inaugurated the Red Rail Line on Thursday, February 29.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">According to him, \u2018Today is to be remembered for good, an evidence that it is good to dream, a serious validation of democracy\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">President Tinubu said: \u201cThe momentum of greatness that we started has become unstoppable. It is a constant reminder that positive change and progress are possible, and we must attain it. We must adhere to our pledge through perseverance and consistency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWhen you put people at the centre of your vision and planning, you will see the value. I look forward to the completion of other phases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">The president also took a swipe at the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for its incessant strikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">According to him, it is unacceptable to call for a strike in just nine months of an administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">Tinubu said: \u201cCalling for the strike in just nine months of an administration is unacceptable. NLC is not the voice of Nigeria. It should wait till 2027 if it is interested in joining the electoral process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians that his administration is committed to fighting corruption to ruins. \u201cThe fight against corruption<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5993,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990\/revisions\/5993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}