The National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday in Lagos declared that Nigerians were tired of excuses and complains in the past years over the country’s numerous problems and challenges ranging from power supply, insecurity, banditry saying the country needs a very safe and serene environments.
He added that solving these problems would be one of his priorities if elected president of Nigeria.
Tinubu made this statement at a grand rally and gathering of youths under the aegis of Progressive Youth of South-West to declare their support for his presidential aspiration at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, in Onikan area of the state.
youths from different states in the South-West region of , Ogun, Osun, Lagos Ekiti, Ondo and Oyo states converged on Lagos in their large numbers to drum up support for the aspiration of the former Lagos state Governor and the national leader of the APC
In his address of the teeming youths, who he described as the brightest and brilliant, urged them to team up with him in his bid to change the story of Nigeria for the youths and tomorrow which they represent.
He said: ‘’All you need is courage, determination and perseverance, if the YouTube alone has 2.9 billion people following it, including you all standing here, then Nigeria can excel, we can do it, you must develop the can do attitude, you must believe that this country is yours and you want to change the story. You must change the story of potential, the story of banditry and the story of tribalism.
‘’We as a nation can conveniently feed ourselves by being creative, visionary and committed, anybody who says we cannot, they can get out because it is voluntary. We cannot continue the lamentation of the past, we cannot continue with excuses of power failure, there is no nation that made rapid development without electricity, give us light and if we cannot be successful then you can abuse us, you cannot give us erratic light that is undependable and then blame us again that we are lazy.
‘’Nigeria it is about time, we have enough gas to fire up electricity and supply the rest of Europe and make money, long term from it. You know it. We don’t want to bore you with it, when I started we used to pick dead bodies on the streets, but today Lagos is one of the cleanest, most progressive states in the country.’’
Tinubu urged the teeming youths to ensure they get their Permanent Voters Cards ready and vote ready for him and other progressives in forthcoming 2023 general elections in the country.