Former Governor of Lagos State and the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that leaders of opposition parties remained firm in their desire to build a new Nigeria.
According to Tinubu, the opposition parties will create a chance for a bright and better future that will eradicate poverty, unemployment and insecurity in the nation.
The elder statesman gave this assurance while speaking at Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudi, Saturday, when he was conferred with a honorary doctorate degree.
He said, “History teaches that those who stay resolute shall win in the end; we are resolute for there is no shame in wanting democracy, no shame in wanting prosperity, fighting against poverty, ignorance and diseases, just as there is also no shame in believing in justice, striving for a better life and demanding good governance.”
He further noted that there are leaders in this country who are capable of chasing away “the demons” whose activities have remain a source of impediment to growth.
Speaking further, the party chieftain said, “A heavy cloud hovers over-head and there seems to be no woe by which we are not besieged: poverty, unemployment, diseases, religious and ethnic divides as well as terror, sadly, our house is weak because of poor infrastructure.
“All that is needed to address the country’s problem is to possess the willpower to face the challenges, and education plays a vital role in this direction”.
The well-attended gathering was witnessed by political heavyweights among which are, CPC presidential candidate in the 2011 polls, General Muhammadu Buhari; Governors of Ogun and Oyo states, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Senator Bola Ajimobi respectively; former Ogun state governor, Olusegun Osoba; Mr Nuhu Ribadu, and speaker of the house of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
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