Tinubu Pursuing Critical Reforms Previous Governments Avoided, Says Alake

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is confronting decades of corruption, economic instability and institutional failure through reforms that previous governments lacked the courage to implement.
Alake spoke in Abuja at the maiden edition of the Solid Minerals Excellence Awards 2026, where he defended the Federal Government’s economic policies and described the current hardship being experienced by Nigerians as a necessary sacrifice for long-term national prosperity.
According to a statement issued on Friday by the ministry’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Kania Maliki Andeyaba, the minister said the admini...