A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu,
on Friday stated that the party’s interest was tilted towards idea
generation and welfare package for the people, not for individuals.
He spoke at the 2012/2013 Call to Bar ceremony of the Nigerian Law
School, which held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
According to him, last Tuesday’s defection of five Peoples Democratic Party governors to the APC, would bring about the change the nation had craved for.
Those who joined include: Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Musa Kwankwaso (Kwara) and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto).
Two other governors in the G7, Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Babangida Aliyu (Niger) said they remain in the PDP.
Tinubu is his remark said: “The APC is not about Tinubu, Buhari or any of its leaders. It is about the nation and how we can come together and work together to rescue Nigeria from inept leadership.
“The implication is change. We want to change the way things are done
by working together and investing our ideas. We must change the way we
do things. Imagine from the 60′s till date.
“The cutlass of the 60s cannot be used for farming now. We need leaders that can think outside the box. Nigeria needs a democratic revolution that would bring about infrastructural development and massive industrialisation,” he said.
According to him, Nigeria is a blessed nation with talented youth whose potentials must be harnessed for the development of the country.
“The lamentation must stop. After so many years of lamentation with action, we must lead the new resolve to rally for the much needed change our country badly needs,” he added.
Commenting on the ultimatum given to the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, by the Federal Government to go back to classrooms next Wednesday or face sack, Tinubu described such directive as autocratic.
”We are not in a military era. The language used shows a government out of tune with the general feelings of Nigerians. Nigeria cannot continue to afford to lose her best brains to the Diaspora,” he said.
According to him, last Tuesday’s defection of five Peoples Democratic Party governors to the APC, would bring about the change the nation had craved for.
Those who joined include: Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Musa Kwankwaso (Kwara) and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto).
Two other governors in the G7, Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Babangida Aliyu (Niger) said they remain in the PDP.
Tinubu is his remark said: “The APC is not about Tinubu, Buhari or any of its leaders. It is about the nation and how we can come together and work together to rescue Nigeria from inept leadership.
“The cutlass of the 60s cannot be used for farming now. We need leaders that can think outside the box. Nigeria needs a democratic revolution that would bring about infrastructural development and massive industrialisation,” he said.
According to him, Nigeria is a blessed nation with talented youth whose potentials must be harnessed for the development of the country.
“The lamentation must stop. After so many years of lamentation with action, we must lead the new resolve to rally for the much needed change our country badly needs,” he added.
Commenting on the ultimatum given to the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, by the Federal Government to go back to classrooms next Wednesday or face sack, Tinubu described such directive as autocratic.
”We are not in a military era. The language used shows a government out of tune with the general feelings of Nigerians. Nigeria cannot continue to afford to lose her best brains to the Diaspora,” he said.
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