Elder statesman and founding Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has said the president-elect Bola Tinubu, is most prepared to be president of Nigeria.
Akande disclosed this at the 97th birthday lecture of a foremost nationalist and elder statesman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
Akande said: “We thank God that this time around; Nigerians have elected a leader who has planned for a long time to be our President.
“When Tinubu was Governor of Lagos State, he did not just plan for his eight years in office; he did a Master Plan for Lagos which has since been running for more than the past 20 years and which has transformed the city-state into the powerhouse of the Nigerian economy.
“Therefore, it is right and necessary to expect a 20 or 50 years Master Plan for Nigeria from President to be Tinubu when he assumes office. This will transform this blessed country into a great one.”
To the political class, putting Nigeria first must be a priority, he advised.
“In our country, we know the President cannot be the sole agent of change. There are leaders and there are followers”
He advised all good patriots to get involved and keep all hands on deck in order to align modernity with development.
“In our country, we know the President cannot be the sole agent of change. There are leaders and there are followers”
He advised all good patriots to get involved and keep all hands on deck in order to align modernity with development.
“We cannot be in love with the products of modernity like cars, telephones and air travels while we continue to live in dreadful underdevelopment. But presently, to our collective shame, almost all the cars on Nigerian roads are imported.
“We import foods, wines, spirits, clothing, perfume, body sprays, toothpick and toiletries and then turn around to complain that the Naira is not strong. Let us, as followers, make the Naira strong by changing our ways.
“Let us learn to make our own cars, produce our own food, drink our own wine and wear our own clothes because those individuals, corporate entities or countries, who think deeply daily, plan meticulously and work assiduously towards the realisation of their plans would continue to devise all means to confuse, exploit and enslave the lazy, fun-loving and planless pleasure seekers.
“All good living can only happen when we change the way we think and the way we educate the next generations.”
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