Bola Tinubu, national leader of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari
was on a journey of redirecting Nigeria to the path of greatness.
The former Governor of Lagos
State made the disclosure during the colloquium in commemoration of his 66th
birthday.
He said though the APC met
several challenges on assumption of power, the Buhari-led government was on the
voyage of “retooling Nigeria, re-inventing Nigeria and re-directing Nigeria.”
He, however, noted that “It’s not
an easy course to embark upon.”
Tinubu also cautioned Nigerians
against accepting PDP’s apology.
The APC chieftain further berated
former President, Olusegun Obasanjo over his letter criticising the Buhari-led
Federal Government.
Tinubu described Obasanjo as a
“bad belle” letter writer.
The full text of Tinubu’s speech
below:
Your Excellency, President
Muhammadu Buhari, the Vice President and my co-conspirator, Yemi Osinbajo and
his wife, Dolapo; our dear governor of Lagos State, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
I have personally witnessed your good work in the last three years that has
brought tremendous progress and development to the state.
Your Excellencies, the various
governors, all of the governors from across the country. All the deputy
governors, particularly Idiat Onabule (Lagos Deputy Governor) for her
friendship and collaboration with our governor. I thank you my dear wife,
Oluremi Tinubu. Thank you for tolerating me, as if you have a choice; the
Speaker Lagos State House of Assembly. I can see some of my very faithful
friends and compatriots over the years like Governor Rochas Okorocha, my friend
Aliko Dangote, Jim Ovia and Oba Otudeko. I’m just lost for words.
We have to put our heads
together, believing in ourselves that we are going to do it. We can give our
people the best through the competent hands that we have.
I have a prepared speech, but I
am not going to dwell on that. Life is not without challenges. Our logo is
broom, we come together, you have a Nigeria focusing against terrorism, against
corruption and to promote economic revival of the country.
We have faced challenges in the
last three years. We came in with a lot of hope and enthusiasm as APC leaders.
We gave our people hope; we believed in Nigeria and in ourselves, thinking we
can change Nigeria for good and we are still going to do it. Life is nothing
without challenges. Our logo is broom bound together. This symbolizes a united
Nigeria against terrorism, corruption and revival of the economy.
I can see what the government is
doing with the little resources at its disposal. This has been demonstrated in
practical terms.
What’s the lesson to all
Nigerians: forget those parties; they won’t come back. We did not envisage that
there would be so much challenges. So, we would report back to Nigerians about
what we found on ground. We did not say that there would be no challenges, because
even America is facing challenges. They have wasted our resources.
Thank you Nigerians for being
patient with us! But there is a clear understanding here; that the difference
between us and them is like day and night. My grandmother used to ask me to write
letters to her. Somebody is writing letters now, letter of politics these days.
As if they have not been there before. Bad belle letters!
I’m happy the President can
change the course of the ship wreckage. The ship of this country that is headed
in the wrong direction. To steer the ship back or anchor before redirecting it,
which of course is necessary. And we started this journey. The voyage is on.
The voyage of hope, the voyage that we are reclaiming Nigeria, that we are
retooling Nigeria, re-inventing Nigeria and re-directing Nigeria. It’s not an
easy course to embark upon…
For 16 years they looted the
country and they say we shouldn’t talk about it, as if we should just go ahead
and run our government. On our part, we have good leaders to salvage the
situation and we have hope that we can do it. We must put all that is necessary
in place, to stimulate the economy.
Don’t take their apologies; they
lied, they falsified, they changed figures, they made fake promises and they
say we shouldn’t talk about them.
We have a nation to rescue; we
have a good leader to emulate and we have hope. We have reduced the propensity
for corruption. We must strengthen the pension plank to stimulate growth. I
will submit a proposal on how we can stimulate the economy. We don’t have to
pay for a house of N10 million in one dayand with cash; we need mortgage. This
would discourage corruption.
We must articulate a programme
and promise Nigerians once again that we have the audacity of hope to put
Nigeria on the path of prosperity and banish poverty in the country.
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