TMS Unveils Website, Hosts Abuja Workshop on Tinubu’s Reforms
The Tinubu Movement for Sustainable Governance Foundation (TMS), popularly known as Tinubu Must Stay, has held its inaugural training workshop in Abuja, urging Nigerians to deepen their understanding of ongoing economic and governance reforms and contribute ideas towards sustaining the country’s development agenda.
The programme, themed “Empowering Every Nigerian to be Heard,” also featured the launch of the movement’s official website, tmsnigeria.ng, designed as a platform for public engagement and information verification.
Addressing participants, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and National Coordinator of TMS, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, said the economic reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration were aimed at redirecting public resources from subsidising consumption towards supporting production, innovation and investment.
“We spend most of our resources trying to subsidise consumption. When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came on board, he looked at it: Is it consumption we should subsidise, or production, innovation and investment? That is what the reforms are all about,” Kashifu said.
He said the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda was built around eight priority areas covering economic growth, national security, food security, energy and natural resources, infrastructure and transportation, health and education, economic diversification, and improved governance and service delivery.
Kashifu, who is also Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), highlighted initiatives in digital skills, technical and vocational education and student financing as examples of efforts to expand opportunities for Nigerians.
He cited the Digital Literacy for All programme, the use of National Youth Service Corps champions for grassroots digital training and the Three Million Technical Talent programme as interventions aimed at preparing young Nigerians for opportunities in the digital economy.
Kashifu argued that recent reforms were also improving investor confidence, pointing to major private-sector investments and renewed interest in Nigeria.
“No country in the world developed in less than 30 years,” he said. “To develop, you need the right policies first. That is the foundation Mr President is laying. Then you build on it to get investors.”
He described reform as a continuous process and said TMS would focus on helping Nigerians understand government policies, their objectives and potential long-term impact.
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“Reform is a journey; it is not a one-off event. The essence of this movement is to enlighten Nigerians on these reforms, so that Nigerians can understand what is in it for them. You are the ultimate beneficiary,” he said.
Kashifu also encouraged participants to contribute ideas on areas requiring further government intervention, including proposals that could feed into the approved National Youth Conference.
Also speaking, TMS Board of Trustees member Olujonwo Obasanjo said the organisation was established partly to bridge the information gap between government policies and citizens’ understanding of their implementation.
He cited the creation of regional development commissions and efforts towards greater local government autonomy as measures intended to bring development closer to communities.
“Nigeria’s development challenge has never been lack of ideas, but policy discontinuity,” Olujonwo said, arguing that sustained reforms were necessary to consolidate investments and achieve lasting economic benefits.
TMS Director-General Marcel Ngogbehei said the workshop was designed to combine civic education with practical engagement, giving ordinary Nigerians an opportunity to understand policies, interrogate government performance and express their views on national issues.
He acknowledged the immediate hardship associated with some economic reforms but argued that policy consistency was important for long-term investment and development.
Ngogbehei also urged Nigerians to scrutinise alternative proposals from opposition parties rather than allow political debate to revolve solely around rhetoric.
“Instead of following rhetoric, we should encourage Nigerians to ask the opposition a simple question: What alternative are you offering that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not already doing?” he said.
TMS National Youth Leader, Farouk Bala, commended guests and participants for their contributions, describing the Abuja programme as the beginning of a broader public-engagement initiative aimed at improving policy literacy, encouraging constructive national dialogue and providing citizens with platforms to understand, assess and contribute to government reforms.
Bala disclosed that the programme attracted participants from across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, with support from Wale Ajisebutu of 21st Century Technologies and Alhaji Abdulwasiu Jimoh Adebisi of Westfield Global.
He added that TMS would organise similar sensitisation and capacity-building programmes across the country to deepen public understanding of the policies, programmes and development initiatives under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
By PRNigeria
