– Bola Tinubu has spoken out to praise PresidentMuhammaduBuhari’s administration
– The senior APC official said almost all previous governments were comprised of pilferers and frauds
– Tinubu made his comments at an event to mark his 64th birthday
Senior All Progressives Congress (APC) official Bola
Tinubu has said the lack of performance that
characterised past governments in the country would not
be tolerated by President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.
Tinubu stated this in Abuja on Tuesday while delivering a
speech at the eighth Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium,
organised to mark his 64th birthday.
“The lack of government performance that has for years
been a source of pain is no longer tolerable,” Tinubu said.
“This government is committed to reversing the trend
towards a positive and progressive outcome.
“We have reached the point where we can no longer look
the other way because there is longer another way.
“If we are to experience a new growth and development, we
must do it ourselves. Nigerians must become Nigeria’s
lifeline.”
Tinubu has pledged to ensure Buhari’s government will
succeed where previous ones failed
Tinubu said the APC-led federal government is aware of
the challenges that bedevil the nation and is working to
right the wrongs of the past.
According to him, the historic victory of the party had
placed on the government a heavy responsibility to right
the wrongs of the past years.
“Our path may be tough at present. But I do not entertain
fear because I know our people are more resilient than the
challenges we face.”
The former governor of Lagos state decried the level of
corruption sustained by successive governments over the
decades because they believed in weak governance and
strong corruption.
“Those who came before us believed in weak governance
but strong corruption,” he said.
“They were the authors of the malfeasance and ruthless
indifference that enchained this nation and its remarkable
people.
“They acted as if their pilferage would never end. But it was
ended by the people of this great country.”
President Buhari has spoken highly in favour of Tinubu
recently
The APC leader said those who participated in destroying l
Nigeria in the past would not partake in rebuilding it
because destiny does not believe in failure.
He noted that it would never ask people like that to
correct the wrongs they themselves had instituted,
stressing
”We cannot expect the author to burn his own book.
That
group could no more be the rebuilders of a new Nigeria
than wind can turn to rock or mud into gold.”