A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Hon Adeboro Onibalusi, has hailed what he described as unprecedented achievements recorded by the minister for interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, after barely 100 days in office.
Onibalusi, in a statement made available to neswmen, the minister has changed the unpleasant narratives of political office holders in Nigeria.
He added that Tunji-Ojo’s appointment was one of the best things that had happened in the nation’s polity since the beginning of President Tinubu’s administration.
He said: “The honorable minister of interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has within a spate of 100 days in office changed the ugly narratives about political office holders in the country.
“Without any doubt, his appointment is proving to be a round peg in a round hole and one the best by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Speaking further, he listed what he termed as the superlative achievements of the minister in the last 100 days:
“Just within 100 days in office, Dr Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has been able to clear over 200,000 passports backlog he met in office; he collaborated with the private sector to raise over N500m fines owed by over 4,000 of our inmates in order to set them free as part of efforts to decongest our correctional centers.
“He has introduced technology in the security of our borders. He is also working assiduously to improve the welfare of our paramilitary, while he also introduced the automation of Nigeria’s passport application, a process which is 99 per cent completed.”
According to Onibalusi, other achievements by the minister include the introduction of E- gate at international airports, leading to reduction in physical contacts with Immigration officers and the reduction of passport processing to about two weeks.
“He is an Hon Minister with uncommon touch, a poster minister of the Tinubu renewed hope agenda. Indeed, Dr Olubumi Tunji-Ojo has demonstrated that the ministry of interior is not just about declaring public holidays, he has raised the standards in the ministry,” Onibalusi said.
