The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu defined today the great task ahead to navigate Nigeria out its present economic quagmire, declaring that what the nation needs is a fundamental departure from the way we have been doing business.

“Nigeria needs some fundamental restructuring both politically and economically. Not the constant tinkering and patch-patch we often resort to. We must therefore begin with fundamentally restructuring the economy if we are to rid ourselves of joblessness”, he said.

He spoke in Abuja today at a ceremony at University of Abuja where he was awarded a doctorate degree in Business Administration. Former vice-president Dr. Alex Ekwueme and two former chief justices of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi and Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar were also honoured with doctorate degrees.

Tinubu spoke on behalf of other honorees and devoted his speech on the problems besetting the nation and how to steer it out of the problems.

“Our nation faces many challenges, some imposed on us by forces beyond our control, some self inflicted due to the errant ways of past leadership and governance.

“Nigeria stands at the threshold of sober decision. The ways in which we have grown accustomed to running this nation suddenly no longer suffice. If we are to continue as we have done over the years that malpractice will deliver us into the vice grip of national failure. That which we used to do and laugh at ourselves for our errant ways is no longer a joking matter. It is now fatal.

“We must reform and do so quickly and with alertness to the severity of the circumstances mounting about us.

“While confronting multiple major challenges. I believe this government has the chance and the mission to better our society and forge a new model for our political economy. We have demonstrated the courage and determination to change a non-performing government through a democratic election. This electoral success has brought new chaallenges. These challenges are numerous and we must brace up and confront them.

“We dare not rest on the satisfaction of electoral victory alone. We must continue our strive toward democratic governance that can usher in a progressive era of broad prosperity, development, democracy and human dignity for our people. This is our preoccupation. Our desire.

“If you asked me to describe the state of the nation I would say it is a difficult but encouraging one, we are emerging from a period of great moral uncertainty where vice and virtue were too often indistinguishable and too often confused, one for the other.

“We must ask- are we hopeless due to the sordid nature of the past 16 years? No. Are the challenges left behind too much to surmount? No.

“Even though the nation before stood half in the light of progress and half in the darkness of injustice, there is much hope because we now have a government committed to a new era of discipline and prosperity. The journey we have embarked upon will not be easy. It requires us all to make sacrifices and persevere until we achieve…

“Agriculture remains a key pillar in our development. We must return to the days when Nigeria had surplus and exported food. Now we import too much food for our own good and security.
Our small farmers sink under the reality of rising costs and too little income from the crops they raise. Moreover, we annually lose arable land to desert encroachment.

“I believe the current administration under President Buhari has set its priorities right in this regard. Our farmers will once be proud again. We believe farmers need to earn a sufficient enough income that will bring prosperity back to their families. They must be encouraged and supported.

“A vibrant agriculture sector will produce enough food for domestic consumption and for export, thus earning foreign exchange as it did decades ago. It will also create and maintain jobs.

“We must also create jobs for our growing urban populations. We must create production to meet the rapidly expanding population. This means changing the oil export model upon which our economy has for too long been based. This means shifting to were human labor and ingenuity now feature as the catalyst of economic development and wealth creation. This means the creation of industries. This means government must embark on fiscal policies and programs that encourage industrial development and employment to create the openings and opportunities that shall employ many of you seated here and many others like you.

“As a progressive government we have as one of our top priorities the lifting of 20 per cent of Nigerians out of poverty within the first four years of our administration. To happen, the state must be a catalyst for job creation and economic development that touches all the people not just a narrow growth that benefits a small number.

“We shall do this by implementing a national industrial policy linked to a national infrastructural plan and a national employment strategy.

“Before our children can dream of a university education they must first enjoy the foundational education of primary school. Our position is that we make a special effort to draw all children to school, particularly the poor. We cannot afford to allow poverty to keep children out of the classroom. If so we are suborning a life of ignorance and poverty for millions of our young ones.

“This progressive government is committed to providing all school-age children one free meal daily. This seems a simple thing. But it is also wise and prudent. A hungry student does not learn. If the child is too hungry too often, he stops attending school altogether.

“By this program, students will more eagerly attend because their stomachs as well as their minds shall be fed. Parents will encourage children to attend because this will take the children off the streets while also alleviating pressure on the family to feed the children.
This current leadership will anchor its efforts to re-build Nigeria on massive industrialization and the re-structuring of the economy to allow for growth. Then, will hope be rekindled for millions of our people and a country of great potentials and possibilities will emerge.”

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/02/nigeria-needs-more-than-patch-patch.html

cc: lalasticlala

T and B, na the same people.

Travelled to Lagos under Fmr Gov.Tinubu, all i saw was a major disaster with flooded roads and dirty markets. So where is he learning good governance from.

Hence fort we live to follow and hear leaders by example,those who not always do the but by acts!

Hence fort we live to follow and hear leaders by example,those who not always do the talks but by acts!

PATCH PATCH ECONOMY HAHAHAHA...

Wailers and zombies will start bashing each other by running off topic... Smh

what legacy did tinubu leave behind as a former governor of lagos state?

is tinubu now one of chief wailers?

is tinubu now a chief wailer?

metronaija:
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu defined today the great task ahead to navigate Nigeria out its present economic quagmire, declaring that what the nation needs is a fundamental departure from the way we have been doing business.

“Nigeria needs some fundamental restructuring both politically and economically. Not the constant tinkering and patch-patch we often resort to. We must therefore begin with fundamentally restructuring the economy if we are to rid ourselves of joblessness”, he said.

He spoke in Abuja today at a ceremony at University of Abuja where he was awarded a doctorate degree in Business Administration. Former vice-president Dr. Alex Ekwueme and two former chief justices of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi and Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar were also honoured with doctorate degrees.

Tinubu spoke on behalf of other honorees and devoted his speech on the problems besetting the nation and how to steer it out of the problems.

“Our nation faces many challenges, some imposed on us by forces beyond our control, some self inflicted due to the errant ways of past leadership and governance.

“Nigeria stands at the threshold of sober decision. The ways in which we have grown accustomed to running this nation suddenly no longer suffice. If we are to continue as we have done over the years that malpractice will deliver us into the vice grip of national failure. That which we used to do and laugh at ourselves for our errant ways is no longer a joking matter. It is now fatal.

“We must reform and do so quickly and with alertness to the severity of the circumstances mounting about us.

“While confronting multiple major challenges. I believe this government has the chance and the mission to better our society and forge a new model for our political economy. We have demonstrated the courage and determination to change a non-performing government through a democratic election. This electoral success has brought new chaallenges. These challenges are numerous and we must brace up and confront them.

“We dare not rest on the satisfaction of electoral victory alone. We must continue our strive toward democratic governance that can usher in a progressive era of broad prosperity, development, democracy and human dignity for our people. This is our preoccupation. Our desire.

“If you asked me to describe the state of the nation I would say it is a difficult but encouraging one, we are emerging from a period of great moral uncertainty where vice and virtue were too often indistinguishable and too often confused, one for the other.

“We must ask- are we hopeless due to the sordid nature of the past 16 years? No. Are the challenges left behind too much to surmount? No.

“Even though the nation before stood half in the light of progress and half in the darkness of injustice, there is much hope because we now have a government committed to a new era of discipline and prosperity. The journey we have embarked upon will not be easy. It requires us all to make sacrifices and persevere until we achieve…

“Agriculture remains a key pillar in our development. We must return to the days when Nigeria had surplus and exported food. Now we import too much food for our own good and security.
Our small farmers sink under the reality of rising costs and too little income from the crops they raise. Moreover, we annually lose arable land to desert encroachment.

“I believe the current administration under President Buhari has set its priorities right in this regard. Our farmers will once be proud again. We believe farmers need to earn a sufficient enough income that will bring prosperity back to their families. They must be encouraged and supported.

“A vibrant agriculture sector will produce enough food for domestic consumption and for export, thus earning foreign exchange as it did decades ago. It will also create and maintain jobs.

“We must also create jobs for our growing urban populations. We must create production to meet the rapidly expanding population. This means changing the oil export model upon which our economy has for too long been based. This means shifting to were human labor and ingenuity now feature as the catalyst of economic development and wealth creation. This means the creation of industries. This means government must embark on fiscal policies and programs that encourage industrial development and employment to create the openings and opportunities that shall employ many of you seated here and many others like you.

“As a progressive government we have as one of our top priorities the lifting of 20 per cent of Nigerians out of poverty within the first four years of our administration. To happen, the state must be a catalyst for job creation and economic development that touches all the people not just a narrow growth that benefits a small number.

“We shall do this by implementing a national industrial policy linked to a national infrastructural plan and a national employment strategy.

“Before our children can dream of a university education they must first enjoy the foundational education of primary school. Our position is that we make a special effort to draw all children to school, particularly the poor. We cannot afford to allow poverty to keep children out of the classroom. If so we are suborning a life of ignorance and poverty for millions of our young ones.

“This progressive government is committed to providing all school-age children one free meal daily. This seems a simple thing. But it is also wise and prudent. A hungry student does not learn. If the child is too hungry too often, he stops attending school altogether.

“By this program, students will more eagerly attend because their stomachs as well as their minds shall be fed. Parents will encourage children to attend because this will take the children off the streets while also alleviating pressure on the family to feed the children.
This current leadership will anchor its efforts to re-build Nigeria on massive industrialization and the re-structuring of the economy to allow for growth. Then, will hope be rekindled for millions of our people and a country of great potentials and possibilities will emerge.”

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/02/nigeria-needs-more-than-patch-patch.html

cc: lalasticlala

Tinubu, or whatever you call your name, God is against you and your cohorts and co-conspirators. You must reap what you have sown. You pulled down GEJ's govt out of insatiable greed and lust for power which blinded you from the truth you pushed out GEJ from power by all means and at all costs even at the risk of fighting a civil war in case your plan failed. when GEJ came to power the food import bill was about N1.7 trillion and as at when he handed over it had come down to just over N600b. Nigeria was nearing self sufficiency in food production. The flooding that happened in 2012 nothwistanding there was no hunger or famine. Now all the efforts seem to be going down the drain, just because a clueless group of people are in power. Take for instance, the naira has been on a free fall for the same reason but was recently halted for the simple reason that a certain Ifeanyi Ubah issued a statement. This shows that the dwindling economy is a result of having people in power who have no idea of what to do to better th life of the citizenry.

metronaija:
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu defined today the great task ahead to navigate Nigeria out its present economic quagmire, declaring that what the nation needs is a fundamental departure from the way we have been doing business.

“Nigeria needs some fundamental restructuring both politically and economically. Not the constant tinkering and patch-patch we often resort to. We must therefore begin with fundamentally restructuring the economy if we are to rid ourselves of joblessness”, he said.

He spoke in Abuja today at a ceremony at University of Abuja where he was awarded a doctorate degree in Business Administration. Former vice-president Dr. Alex Ekwueme and two former chief justices of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi and Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar were also honoured with doctorate degrees.

Tinubu spoke on behalf of other honorees and devoted his speech on the problems besetting the nation and how to steer it out of the problems.

“Our nation faces many challenges, some imposed on us by forces beyond our control, some self inflicted due to the errant ways of past leadership and governance.

“Nigeria stands at the threshold of sober decision. The ways in which we have grown accustomed to running this nation suddenly no longer suffice. If we are to continue as we have done over the years that malpractice will deliver us into the vice grip of national failure. That which we used to do and laugh at ourselves for our errant ways is no longer a joking matter. It is now fatal.

“We must reform and do so quickly and with alertness to the severity of the circumstances mounting about us.

“While confronting multiple major challenges. I believe this government has the chance and the mission to better our society and forge a new model for our political economy. We have demonstrated the courage and determination to change a non-performing government through a democratic election. This electoral success has brought new chaallenges. These challenges are numerous and we must brace up and confront them.

“We dare not rest on the satisfaction of electoral victory alone. We must continue our strive toward democratic governance that can usher in a progressive era of broad prosperity, development, democracy and human dignity for our people. This is our preoccupation. Our desire.

“If you asked me to describe the state of the nation I would say it is a difficult but encouraging one, we are emerging from a period of great moral uncertainty where vice and virtue were too often indistinguishable and too often confused, one for the other.

“We must ask- are we hopeless due to the sordid nature of the past 16 years? No. Are the challenges left behind too much to surmount? No.

“Even though the nation before stood half in the light of progress and half in the darkness of injustice, there is much hope because we now have a government committed to a new era of discipline and prosperity. The journey we have embarked upon will not be easy. It requires us all to make sacrifices and persevere until we achieve…

“Agriculture remains a key pillar in our development. We must return to the days when Nigeria had surplus and exported food. Now we import too much food for our own good and security.
Our small farmers sink under the reality of rising costs and too little income from the crops they raise. Moreover, we annually lose arable land to desert encroachment.

“I believe the current administration under President Buhari has set its priorities right in this regard. Our farmers will once be proud again. We believe farmers need to earn a sufficient enough income that will bring prosperity back to their families. They must be encouraged and supported.

“A vibrant agriculture sector will produce enough food for domestic consumption and for export, thus earning foreign exchange as it did decades ago. It will also create and maintain jobs.

“We must also create jobs for our growing urban populations. We must create production to meet the rapidly expanding population. This means changing the oil export model upon which our economy has for too long been based. This means shifting to were human labor and ingenuity now feature as the catalyst of economic development and wealth creation. This means the creation of industries. This means government must embark on fiscal policies and programs that encourage industrial development and employment to create the openings and opportunities that shall employ many of you seated here and many others like you.

“As a progressive government we have as one of our top priorities the lifting of 20 per cent of Nigerians out of poverty within the first four years of our administration. To happen, the state must be a catalyst for job creation and economic development that touches all the people not just a narrow growth that benefits a small number.

“We shall do this by implementing a national industrial policy linked to a national infrastructural plan and a national employment strategy.

“Before our children can dream of a university education they must first enjoy the foundational education of primary school. Our position is that we make a special effort to draw all children to school, particularly the poor. We cannot afford to allow poverty to keep children out of the classroom. If so we are suborning a life of ignorance and poverty for millions of our young ones.

“This progressive government is committed to providing all school-age children one free meal daily. This seems a simple thing. But it is also wise and prudent. A hungry student does not learn. If the child is too hungry too often, he stops attending school altogether.

“By this program, students will more eagerly attend because their stomachs as well as their minds shall be fed. Parents will encourage children to attend because this will take the children off the streets while also alleviating pressure on the family to feed the children.
This current leadership will anchor its efforts to re-build Nigeria on massive industrialization and the re-structuring of the economy to allow for growth. Then, will hope be rekindled for millions of our people and a country of great potentials and possibilities will emerge.”

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/02/nigeria-needs-more-than-patch-patch.html

cc: lalasticlala

Tinubu, or whatever you call your name, God is against you and your cohorts and co-conspirators. You must reap what you have sown. You pulled down GEJ's govt out of insatiable greed and lust for power which blinded you from the truth you pushed out GEJ from power by all means and at all costs even at the risk of fighting a civil war in case your plan failed. when GEJ came to power the food import bill was about N1.7 trillion and as at when he handed over it had come down to just over N600b. Nigeria was nearing self sufficiency in food production. The flooding that happened in 2012 notwithstanding there was no hunger or famine. Now all the efforts seem to be going down the drain, just because a clueless group of people are in power. Take for instance, the naira has been on a free fall for the same reason but was recently halted for the simple reason that a certain Ifeanyi Ubah issued a statement. This shows that the dwindling economy is a result of having people in power who have no idea of what to do to better the life of the citizenry.

This same tinubu was governor in lagos for 8years but left without any tangible development other than leaving behind a huge debt.He also demolished people's shops and built another shops and lease at high prices to the public.

Since buhari snub tinubu's godsons whom he presented for ministerial positions he has not been speaking well of his government.

boldaslion:
Tinubu, or whatever you call your name, God is against you and your cohorts and co-conspirators. You must reap what you have sown. You pulled down GEJ's govt out of insatiable greed and lust for power which blinded you from the truth you pushed out GEJ from power by all means and at all costs even at the risk of fighting a civil war in case your plan failed. when GEJ came to power the food import bill was about N1.7 trillion and as at when he handed over it had come down to just over N600b. Nigeria was nearing self sufficiency in food production. The flooding that happened in 2012 nothwistanding there was no hunger or famine. Now all the efforts seem to be going down the drain, just because a clueless group of people are in power. Take for instance, the naira has been on a free fall for the same reason but was recently halted for the simple reason that a certain Ifeanyi Ubah issued a statement. This shows that the dwindling economy is a result of having people in power who have no idea of what to do to better th life of the citizenry.

Jonathan is too soft for a president.Look at how he allowed his appointees to loot the coffers unhindered.He should be a reverend father.

TINUBU SHOULD KEEP HIS DIRTY MOUTH SHUT

boldaslion:
Tinubu, or whatever you call your name, God is against you and your cohorts and co-conspirators. You must reap what you have sown. You pulled down GEJ's govt out of insatiable greed and lust for power which blinded you from the truth you pushed out GEJ from power by all means and at all costs even at the risk of fighting a civil war in case your plan failed. when GEJ came to power the food import bill was about N1.7 trillion and as at when he handed over it had come down to just over N600b. Nigeria was nearing self sufficiency in food production. The flooding that happened in 2012 notwithstanding there was no hunger or famine. Now all the efforts seem to be going down the drain, just because a clueless group of people are in power. Take for instance, the naira has been on a free fall for the same reason but was recently halted for the simple reason that a certain Ifeanyi Ubah issued a statement. This shows that the dwindling economy is a result of having people in power who have no idea of what to do to better the life of the citizenry.

This is a very prejudiced comment.
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Dragging God into politics shows you are a hypocrite. It is the job of political parties to use every legitimate means and propaganda to bring down the party in power and get themselves into office. Sometimes they succeed and other times they fail. It is what PDP has been trying to do in Lagos for 16yrs, it is what they will try to do at the Presidency in 2019. So, why call Tinubu out?
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Your deliberate attempt to distort facts in a desperate effort to glorify your "hero" is beyond ridiculous. How much is our import bill for rice alone? In case you don't know, it stood at N500b+ as at the time your hero left office. I won't bother going into other imported food items. So, how did he leave a food import bill of N600b?
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/index.php/business/56122-nigeria-spends-n517bn-annually-to-import-rice
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Your comments on the exchange rate and ifeanyi Ubah's "magic" shows you have no knowledge of macroeconomics. The CBN has come out to claim that they were responsible for the parabolic movements witnessed recently in the FX parallel market, yet you choose to believe Ubah's version simply because it fits your prejudice. Did he not say he wants appointment before disclosing what he had in mind? Was he given the appointment? For the records, I don't believe that the President, the CBN Governor, Ifeanyi Ubah, or anybody can use rhetorics to strengthen the Naira for a sustained period of time. Except the economic fundamentals and structural issues in the country improves, Naira will stay weak no matter who says or does what.

Love Machine:
Jonathan is too soft for a president.Look at how he allowed his appointees to loot the coffers unhindered.He should be a reverend father.

You cannot have the heart of Mother Theresa in the body of Beyonce. You have to choose one.

You either have a soft president making concrete progress with jointed hands, or a hard brute who is too arrogant to listen to those he appointed.

Jonathan could not have been different, especially under the circumstances he became President. The same way Buhari had to appoint same old same old instead of technocrats because of the circumstances that surrounded him becoming President.

If you or any Nigerian in this country got into the Presidency like Jonathan did, you wouldn't have done better.

Amaechi diverted billions meant for mono-rail project and other projects to finance Buhari's emergence. He was rewarded with a Ministerial position. And all petitions laid against him with the EFCC magically disappeared or are not being pursued.

Anybody able to preside over Nigeria for 5 years without leaving Nigeria in a sea of blood is not soft, that person is smart.

Ask Buhari to dismiss Senator Ita Enang that stole and resubmitted another edition of the national budget without authorization.

Nigerians got conned. Nothing ever changed. We just have an adjusted team with mostly the same players playing by the same rules.

And you are being played like a pawn. Keep blaming GEJ. By the time you would notice the rot Buhari leaves, he would be chilling in Katsina untouchable with his family. And you'll still be queuing to buy fuel, there'll still be infrastructural deficits, and unemployment rate will still be high.

The system is bleeped up. When Tinubu said so, he wasn't kidding. I don't like the man, but he just left a nugget of truth, despite his untoward intentions. Ignore it at your own peril.

-Lord

hartopher76:
what legacy did tinubu leave behind as a former governor of lagos state?

Flooded roads, dirty markets and Touts

Tunami:
is tinubu now a chief wailer?

His mother must be from Imo making him an IPOB wailer

Frankiss44:


His mother must be from Imo making him an IPOB wailer

i concur with this.

Why is he telling us.?
Does he not know the road to Aso Rock where the Man he rooted for lives as President.

Love Machine:
Jonathan is too soft for a president.Look at how he allowed his appointees to loot the coffers unhindered.He should be a reverend father.

Buhari is too Ajalistic to be our president, he has been on air drinking tea with tax payers money more than he has been in his office in Aso rock. He shoulda been Nigerian ambassador to Syria

HiddenShadow:
Why is he telling us.?
Does he not know the road to Aso Rock where the Man he rooted for lives as President.

The man no dey too dey house na but as e put am here, last last Adesina, Shehu or Osunbade go fit read am then give am message.

hartopher76:
what legacy did tinubu leave behind as a former governor of lagos state?

Fashola!

He claims he made Fashola who has transformed Lagos, whenever it suits him. At other times, he'll be busy accusing same Fashola of graft, through his minions.