Moshood Salvador, a chieftain of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state, on Sunday described Bola
Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling party, as a gift not only to the
south-west, but the entire nation.
Salvador spoke to journalists on
the sidelines of the annual Ramadan lecture he organised at his residence in
Lagos.
He said Tinubu had contributed
immensely to the development of Lagos particularly, and the progress of its
residents.
Salvador, a former chairman of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, said there was no way anyone could
divorce the exponential growth the state had recorded since 1999 from the
vision of Tinubu.
He condemned the recent comment
made by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, that godfatherism was a problem
in Lagos and residents needed to get rid of it for real progress.
Salvador described the governor’s
comment as unnecessary trespass, saying the people of the state never
complained of the problem.
He said Tinubu was obviously the
target of el-Rufai’s comment as he (Tinubu) was the most influential figure in
the state’s political firmament.
The APC chieftain urged all
well-meaning residents to condemn the governor’s comment.
Salvador said there were many
issues begging for attention in Kaduna, urging el-Rufai to address them rather
than coming to Lagos to talk about godfatherism.
“It is important to let the
governor of Kaduna know that it is wrong for him to come to Lagos and start
talking about godfatherism,” he said.
“We do not have any problem with
leaders in Lagos and el-Rufai should mind his business rather than coming here
to tell us what is not. We hear of serious issues in Kaduna; the issue of
unpaid salaries, the issue of killings and attacks on innocent people. El-Rufai
has not addressed all these and he is talking about a state that is working.
“We would not condone unnecessary
attacks on our leaders. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has done extremely well for the
nation and the state particularly.
“He laid the foundation for the
growth of the state’s IGR from N400million in 1999 to the billions that it is
today.
“There is no way we can talk
about a modern Lagos without mentioning Tinubu. He is a gift to the Yoruba
race, second only to Awolowo. We respect him a lot and would not condone
attacks on him.”
Salvador said peace was a
precondition for progress and urged Nigerians to eschew acts that could breach
peace in the country.
He urged leaders to use the
opportunity of the holy month of Ramadan to move close to the people and
address their needs.
Salvador said it was out of the
need to rejuvenate the people around him spiritually and put smiles on their
faces that he organised the lecture and gave out gifts to attendees.
He said the world would be a
better place if leaders were accountable to the people and cared for them as
they did for themselves.
On the leadership crisis in the
PDP in the state, Salvador said it was a clear proof that the party was
finished in the state.
He described the PDP as an
unserious party peopled by those who put their interests above those of the
people.
The former chairman of the
opposition party said he left the party over what he called lack of focus by
some of the party’s elders.
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