President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, compared Nigeria to Kenya and other African countries, saying that despite the growing hardship in the country, the citizens are better off and the pains won’t last forever.

The President urged the citizens to be hopeful, noting that the reforms initiated by his administration would bear good fruit.

Speaking during his visit to Bayelsa State, where he inaugurated a number of projects, Tinubu acknowledged the rising prices of fuel in the country and the attendant hardship, but submitted that Nigeria is still better positioned than some other African nations.

According to him, the hardship is not peculiar to Nigeria, and the citizens should be thankful to God for their current situation.

He assured that his government cares and better days are ahead.

“I hear you from various angles of the economy. The fuel price is biting hard, but look around, let’s just thank God together that you are better off.

“Listen to them in Kenya, in other African countries, what they are going through. We will not look back. We will continue to find ways to ameliorate the suffering of the vulnerable. This is a government that cares,” he said.

The President said the government was working to ease citizens’ burden and pointed to the global war challenges affecting Nigeria and other economies.

“I am glad the Head of Service is here. Look at the numbers with the finance, economic planning, and budgeting, and we will see what we can do to ease the burden.

“But that is the development; the burden of it is what we are facing today. The challenge of the war we didn’t call for, but the effect of the interrelated world that we share. Both the joy and pain of it are universal,” he stated.