ALL Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged leaders to make sacrifices to move the country forward.
He spoke at the launch of a book titled: “Balogun Institution in Yoruba Land: Changing Fortune of a Military Institution”, in commemoration of the 70th birthday of Chief Lanre Razak at the MUSON Centre, on Lagos Island.
Represented by former Minister of State for Defence, Chief Demola Seriki, Tinubu said leadership must start from the local communities, private organisations, the academic and traditional and non-traditional institutions.
He said: “We are capable of finding good leaders in these categories; they can emerge from here and make contributions to a better society. It is not only when it comes to politics that we talk of leaders.”
Tinubu said the country faced the challenges of statehood because its leaders in the last 16 years lack the vision and discipline to midwife a better society.
His words: “We have seen many countries around the world, how they manage to develop their economies, this is because they have the right leadership. We have seen the example of Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa to mention a few.”
The APC chieftain maintained that this was a lesson for Nigeria and other countries, noting that only courageous leader can excel. We should take decisions that promote the betterment of the people.
“Leadership demand vision, commitment, doggedness, sacrifice and service. Good leadership is the one that has a pro- people blueprint to execute. It is the one that has the people at the top of its philosophy. To be a leader you must surround yourself with people of integrity, with ability and mental capacity.
“The consequences of bad leadership have thrown the wrong choices, lack of vision, wrong priority and anti- people policies. This has led to untold crisis and sometimes war.
“Nigeria has been at the receiving end of bad leadership. Most recently, you will recall that for over a decade and half, Nigeria was piloted by those who arrogated national leadership to themselves without having the interest of leading the people,” he said.
Also speaking, Prof. Afiz Oladesu said the leaders were detached from the people, noting that in most cases they hardly feel the impact of what the masses go through.
He said: “One way we can ensure that men and women of ideas predominate in the season of change is to hold tenaciously and keep under focus the leadership style which birthed the season of change.
“There appears to be a consensus in Nigeria today in regard to what should not happen and that is we cannot afford to go back to where we were before when the country sat on the precipice.”
Razak said leaders must be willing to go the extra mile to defend the people. According to him, the Balogun must not take the back seat, when it came to issue of national concerns.
He urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in the task to make the nation better. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Even this man is talking of sacrifice. Haba! Nigeria is finished.Nigeria is now animal farm.
ReplyDeleteEje I am surprise too, do you know this man reck down my company till date by taking the contract of revenue generation from my company who is controlling 36 States, but tinubu took the contract from my company and established his own company with the name Alpa Beta (ABC) at Ijora, they are the one generating revenue for government now especially any State APC is controlling that is why i don't want to hear anything about this man called tinubu is too crafty and coney for my liking
ReplyDeleteYou are a Lazy man simple!
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