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national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has
spoken out on the achievement of President Muhammadu Buhari over his
predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan.
Tinubu and Buhari
While delivering a lecture at the National Defence College in
Abuja, on Wednesday, the national leader of the All Progressives
Congress, Bola Tinubu, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he had
achieved what his predecessor was incapable of in the fight against
insurgency.
In the lecture titled ‘Strategic Leadership: My Personal Theory and Practice',
Tinubu said long years of gross mis-governance was responsible for the
rise of extremism in the country. “With the courage and dedication of
the military, Boko Haram has been subdued.
“Also, notable and significant progress is being made against
corruption. Press freedoms and civil liberties are protected, putting to
lie those who cried that President Buhari would not respect democracy
and rule of law.”
According to Premium Times, Tinubu also commended the Nigerian militrary for its achievements against Boko Haram. “You have battled and bested this evil enterprise.
“This vile force has been reduced to where it no longer poses a
strategic threat. You have done as well as a military can in putting
down this amorphous danger. The nation thanks you. I must say here,
however, that we cannot lower our guard.
“We have learned cardinal lessons from the Boko Haram crisis.
First, we must govern justly and for the benefit of the people to
prevent the recurrence of violent extremism in the future.
“Widespread poverty caused by an unjust allocation of income,
wealth and resources provides fertile ground for extremist ideologies,
that run contrary to the inclusive democracy we seek to perfect.”
The former governor of Lagos State who also spoke on the country’s
slide into recession, said the crash in crude oil prices exposed the
structural weakness of the national economy.
“Strategic objectives during this period of economic
uncertainty must be to re-engineer the economy bottom up, diversify the
economic base, strengthen our industrial base, modernise infrastructure,
enhance agriculture, and provide employment.
“And of course, ease of doing business must not be overlooked in order to attract foreign investment.
“The challenge before us is a difficult but not impossible one.
If we stick to the progressive beliefs of the APC, we shall overcome
these difficulties to place the economy on surer permanent footing,” he said.
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