Bola Tinubu,
chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says treasury looters have
“eaten” Nigeria’s seed of growth and development.
He
said as a result of this, the three years of the APC administration is not
enough to re-engineer the country.
Speaking
during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Lagos on Thursday, the APC leader said
despite the looting of the country’s treasury in the previous years, President
Muhammadu Buhari is gradually restoring the hope of Nigerians.
He
said: “Nigerians adopted democracy; we are going to live through this
democratic government. We need a President Buhari to retool and re-engineer,
that is what he is doing in the economy and he is doing it gradually, otherwise
we don’t want it to fall apart again.
“We
ate the seed of growth for breakfast. Therefore, there is nothing for lunch or
dinner. Nothing to harvest that is why we talk about looters. But it will not
take a magical touch to bring it to reality. It takes patience and
perseverance.
“Three
years is not enough time for retouching, redevelopment and re-engineering the
country. There is a lot of hope, there is a lot of expectation.
“Economic
development and the future of the youth are crucial in the growth of any nation
and we are taking care of that. You have to re-grow the economy, re-engineer it
from bottom, during that process; it is always very difficult for ordinary
people.”
Tinubu
added that he was proud of his achievements during his time as governor of
Lagos state.
“We
were meticulous, dedicated and focused and we lifted the spirits of our people
and that is why it is important for Nigerians to be focused now,” he said.
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