Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu has said that the All Progressives Congress
(APC) is wooing the G7 governors of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to rescue Nigeria from 14
years of the ruling party’s “nothingness”.
He said the party had been touring the country to
market it to the G7 governors, who he described as
“beautiful brides”.
Besides, the APC leader advised students to march
on the Villa, if the lecturers’ strike remains
unresolved.
Tinubu, who spoke in Abuja at the dinner of the
Progressive Governors’ Forum, said : “We have
been going around . We have been talking to our
brothers, we have marketed our party, our spirit,
our manifesto and determination to rescue Nigeria.
We have made proposals to the G7 and beautiful
brides and we asked them to put additional
powder, support if it is necessary. If we have to
give them new shoes, please do so. High heels or
low heels, please do so and let us get married to
increase our number. With additional seven, eight,
nine or 10 states, make it possible, we are very
proud of you.”
The former governor said lamentation, envy and
sophistry would not help the citizenry to rescue the
country from its decline , “but if we are united, if
we push the spirit of oneness, unity and
determination, we will defeat and stop the drifting
of the last 14 years of nothingness of the Peoples
Democratic Party.”
According to him, APC’s mission to rescue Nigeria is
not because the members are hungry or thirsty for
power, but because it is only the result of a free
and fair election a democrat should accept.
He urged National Assembly members to weed out
obnoxious regulations.
In TInubu’s view, Nigerians should stop the
excesses of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) since it would not surrender power on its
own.
He condemned the police’s invasion of a meeting of
governors in Abuja, saying: “ A DPO going to the
governors’ residence to terminate their meeting. It
is a shame and we should eradicate it.”
On the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU), Tinubu urged
Nigerians to stop lamenting and confront the
Federal Government on the issue.
He said following his belief in action for positive
change, he would insist that the union resumes
work Thursday or the students are mobilised to the
streets and Aso Villa.
Tinubu said: “It is time Nigerians move away from
lamentation and move with the strength of
liberation. It is time we did not give excuses for
failure, inadequacies and accountability in
governance. I am sorry if they don’t resume
tomorrow, I order those students to be out on the
streets. If our vehicles have no way to pass; if they
can move to the Villa and sack the Villa, it is for
their future. We should stop lamenting this as a
challenge.”
He told the party men that freedom is sweet but it
is not easy, adding: “You cannot eat an omelet
without breaking eggs.”
The party leader insisted that the last senatorial
election in Delta State was a far cry from a free and
fair election, stressing that APC must be different
from PDP.
He promised the party’s support for its Anambra
State governorship candidate, Senator Chris Ngige.
Former Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
noted that Nigeria is witnessing a political
earthquake as a result of the great expectation of
the citizenry.
“We are witnessing a landslide of a political
earthquake. Alliances have been concluded and
new alliances are being invoked. Nigerians-old and
young, men and women – are working with great
expectation that this movement will turn Nigeria
around,” Gen. Buhari said.
He spoke of Nigeria’s neighbours anxiously waiting
for Nigerians to provide leadership and direction for
them to follow.
The former head of state added that the
international community was equally waiting to see
if Nigerians can come together to play their role in
the world.
He, however, noted that Nigeria’s situation calls for
solutions “since the government at the centre since
1999, the Federal Government, has been clueless,
has no direction and speaks most times from both
sides of the mouth”.
To Buhari, the 2007 presidential election was far
from being credible. He said the former
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
chairman, Prof Maurice Iwu, wrote the results
before the election was completed.
“Once we come together, we will be strong to stop
election rigging,” Gen Buhari told the APC chiefs.
The party’s Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi
Akande, announced that it planned to register
15million members.
He said: “We are working very hard to call on
Nigerians very shortly to register at least 15 million
people across the 120,000 polling units all over
Nigeria.”
He promised that APC would champion the
country’s civilisation that will radiate light.
While explaining that APC will bring peace to the
country, he said “Nigeria is not at war yet it is not
at peace”.
He is hopeful that if the votes in the next elections
count,the party will produce the president and
most of the governors.
In his welcome address, Lagos State Governor
Babatunde Fashola said the APC was already
becoming a movement.
He explained that following the one Nigerian dream
of the nation’s founding fathers, the party has
recognised the country’s ethnic diversity.
To those who express fears that the country may
break up, Fashola said “the APC family believes that
the house will stand”.
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole told the
party to believe that its action can stop election
rigging.
He said the party has set examples of performance
in the states it governs, adding that it is an
indication that APC will distinguish itself even at the
national level.
Oshiomhole asked APC to prayers with action that
will ensure that “we will fix Nigeria”
Kano State Governor Dr. Musa Kwankwaso assured
the APC that he would come with his supporters to
join the party.
Represented by his Special Assistant (Sports), the
governor recalled that APC had a few days ago
made an overture to him to join it.
After consultations, he said, he would join APC in a
very big way.
His words: “It is clear that we are on our way
coming. By the time all the consultations are done,
you will certainly hear from us in a big way.”
The governor cautioned those clamouring for the
balkanisation of the country to understand that the
division does not necessarily guarantee peace since
the smaller units would inherit the present
challenges in Nigeria.
He said: “First and foremost, the Nigerian unity;
some people are already beating war drum,
threatening to break up this country.
“When Nigeria breaks up, those smaller units will
still carry along with them those problems that we
are threatening to break up from,” said
Kwakwanso.
While proffering a solution to the circumstances the
country has found itself, Kwakwanso said: “In a
moment of national crisis, we must not take a
holiday for thinking.”
He recalled that a prominent South African
musician Lucky Dube’s suspected killer confessed
that he mistook Dube for a Nigerian, adding that
the life of a Nigerian has become very worthless.
But he expressed hope that if he joins APC, where
he has people of like minds, they could take the
nation to the next level.
The governor said like his Lagos State counterpart
and Imo State’s Rochas Okorocha, he had also
employed his aide from another state for the
essence of merit and spirit of one Nigeria.
The governor submitted that the threat to demolish
his house in Maitama District of the Federal Capital
Teritory (FCT) would not compel him to surrender
his political belief for an inferior one.
He said: “That cannot or does not change the way,
the strength , determination and belief of
Kwakwanso. If you demolish his house in Maitama,
who cares? That is not the only house he might
have owned.”
According to him, there are so many other leaders
who built their houses in the same green area and
the Federal Government has ignored their violation.
He said he was compiling their names.
Kwakwanso’s aide said: “There is something around
my boss, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso, that I will like
to share with you today. You must have read in the
news that his house was marked for demolition.
That same house is owned by him and he has a
valid C-of-O. Now behind the house there is a small
piece of land, which is actually called the green
area.
“And he requested the Minister of FCT, Dr. Bala
Mohammed, to extend that piece of land for him.
He accepted and asked him to bring the original C-
of-O for the original building.
“They withdrew it and gave him an original C-of-O
covering the extension. The design and everything
that has to do with that building was approved by
the FCT administration. Then, suddenly, we heard
that they want to demolish the house.”
Others at the dinner were Chief Tom Ikimi, Osun
State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Nasarawa State
Governor Tanko Al-Makura, Borno State Governor
Kasim Shetima, Ekiti State Governor Kayode
Fayemi, Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz
Abubakar Yari, Yobe State Governor Ibrahim
Giadam, Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun,
Senator Gbenga Ashafa, Senator Oluremi Tinubu,
Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, Hon. Femi
Gbajiabiamila, Hon. Abike Dabiri and many others.
Sources: The Nation..

Nonsense.

They are just beinq nauqhty day-by-day..

horpehyehmmie:
Source: The Nation..

never expected something less from them