President Bola Tinubu described the criticism surrounding the removal of the fuel subsidy as “high voltage.”
He stated that despite the intense backlash from Nigerians, the country stands to benefit from the decision to remove the subsidy.
The remarks came during an interfaith breaking of fast with members of the House of Representatives on Friday.
Tinubu expressed concern that many Nigerians struggled to grasp the rationale behind his policies on fuel subsidy removal and foreign exchange floatation.
He said: “It was initially very difficult at the beginning for people to realize the direction of my thinking but I’m glad that with the heat of the critics, none of you came to me to say can you reverse the removal of subsidy or can you change the foreign exchange floatation of naira? I am glad we are out of the dark tunnel.
“You collaborated and joined together as a team and gave me the inspiration to move on because the heat was high voltage from the critics but today we are better off for it.
“And if there is anything that you deserve, you deserve a second term subject to our party and your party.”