President Bola Tinubu has said that the policies of his government are in the best interest of Nigerians and not to punish citizens.

Tinubu said this in an address at the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja.

The president said: “Nigeria is going through some issues and I have sufficiently addressed them in my broadcast; we will face it squarely to re-engineer the economy of this country.

“We must find a way to satisfy the yearnings of the common man and we must ensure that all the policies we roll out work for the common man.

“Our policies are for the people not to punish the people”.

He also saluted Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker, and the entire National Assembly leadership for the way they conducted their affairs thus far.

He said that all the party’s elected leaders, both old and new had gone through a process.

His words: “Election is just a step in the process, good governance is another one.

“We have gotten the trophy; the president is standing before you and the reward for hardwork is more work.”