We have foresight to identify, solve Nigeria’s problems -Tinubu
By Emmanuel Oloniruha
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaji Bola Tinubu, says his team have the ‘foresight to identify Nigeria problems and solve them headlong.’
Tinubu stated this at the inauguration of campaign logo and vehicles of the “APC Northern Door to Door for Tinubu Shettima 2023” by the Northern APC Speakers Forum, in Abuja on Saturday.
He said that that his team nominated for by the APC 2023 general elections had what it takes to create prosperity for Nigeria and her citizens.
“We are the party of Progressives ideas. We want good education for our children, good development for Nigeria, prosperity for this country. agriculture and agro allied projects to be embarked upon.
“We have the confidence we have what it takes. We have the courage. We have the determination. We have the perseverance.
“We have the foresight to identify the problems of Nigeria and take it head long and make a solution out of it for the prosperity of your children and tomorrow.
“The job of your grandchildren and the progress of tomorrow. I started right now.”
The presidential candidate added that the APC had no worry about the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or engaging it in verbal words.
He said that the APC, a party of thinkers and doers” needed no such engagement with the opposition still struggling with its leadership.
“We are not just the one to haul abuses and insults at our rivals party, why we don’t need it. We are smarter. We are brilliant, we are courageous, we are not like them.
“They spent 16 years and forget that there is a railway infrastructure that can do haulage, human carriage, animal husbandry and carriage, food carriage from length and breadth from east and west of Nigeria,” TInubu said
He advised the PDP wait for the election day in 2023 to see the defeat awaiting it.
Tinubu who commended the honour from the gesture of the APC Northern APC speakers through their donations and contribution.
“You make life easier for us no ‘sisi’ is demanded from us. Vehicles provided, logo unveiled, confidence boosting measure established, forward looking and hope rekindled good for the prosperity of our country.”
Tinubu called for more of good will men and women to do the same in support of the party for the 2023 elections.
The party Vice Presidential Candidate Sen. Kashim Shettima, expressed confidence that TInubu leadership would build a new Nigeria if elected president in 2023, saying the quality of nation depends on the quality of it leaders.
“We are on the threshold of making history. The global economy is tinkering towards recession the world has moved from the agricultural age to the industrial age.
We have moved from the industrial age to the knowledge driven cost industrial age.
“People are now talking of big data of artificial intelligence, of nanotechnology, open biotechnology.
“Who among the presidential candidates we have here in this country that have the skill sets the intellect the capacity to move this nation greater than Asiwaju Bola Tinubu?”
He said that the conversation of the party would not be of insult and mundane issues but conversations of comparison of ideas and track records.
Shettima believed that 2023 presidential election would be a pay back time for Tinubu who had sacrifices so much for the democracy of Nigeria but was humiliated politically.
He said that Tinubu had also contributed to economy and human development across the country through the demonstration of his capacity at different level.
The Chairman, Northern APC Speakers Forum and Speake of Kaduna State, Yusuf Zailani, said that with the members of the forum were ready to work for the overwhelming victory for Tinubu candidancy, saying I can guarantee 70 per cent victory.
“So far, we have about 205 elected members of the State House of Assembly across the northern Nigeria. We are good to go.”
He said that the forum was ready to use its resources to work for Tinubu’s victory in 2023.
“We’re not going to collect a penny from the presidential campaign council. We are not going to collect money from any governor. We are going to join hands together and sponsor ourselves to do this project,” Zailani said.
The Secretary of the forum and Speaker of Kogi State, Prince Matthew Kolawole, said the APC was lucky to have a joint ticket of Tinubu and Shettima as it’s presidential candidates for 2023.
Be said that the two had demonstrated leadership capacity while governors of their various states.
“Your excellency, your transformation of Lagos state from a struggling state to the third largest economy in Africa is indeed an applause.
“Our nation needs detribalised president with deep understanding of Nigerian politics, economy and who is also known for a common religious tolerance and capacity to achieve positive results against doubting odds,” Matthew said.
He described the APC Northern Speakers Door to Door Campaign for Tinubu shettima as an initiative that would ensure massive grassroots mobilization for overwhelming victory for APC in the 2023 general election.
He pledged that the forum was fully committed to its success.
Kolawole said that the forum already had plan to organise town hall meetings with APC stakeholders, former and present legislators to fully commence work.
He urged all party stakeholders to fully support Tinubu and ccandidacy
The APC National Women Leader, Dr Betta Edu said that history would judge Nigeria right if he voted Tinubu and Shettima in 2023.
She said that never in the history of Nigeria has the country had a complete nomination that would lead to the rebirth of the country.
