VANGUARD
A former Chairman of Nigerite Nigeria Limited, Dr Yemi Oladimeji has disclosed that leaders of the Western world did not really care about Nigeria and urged President Bola Tinubu to be smart in dealing with them or their agents.
Speaking with Vanguard in Osogbo during the weekend, Oladimeji, a Fellow, American Society of Nephrology, and a United States-based Associate Professor of Medicine advised the President to be smart in dealing with individuals, groups and countries outside Nigeria, who are visiting the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja to felicitate with him and to offer help to Nigeria.
He said it’s important that Tinubu protect and put the interest of Nigeria and the black people first before that of this “multitude of guests, particularly the ones outside Africa.”
He said; “I watched and followed with keen interest events that led to President Tinubu’s emergence as the candidate and standard bearer of his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The unfolding events characterized by high-level lobbying, bridge building and theatrics before, during and after the APC primary election in Abuja, have proved he is really smart and well equipped and prepared for the tasks ahead.
“He effectively manoeuvred his way through all land mines and deployed so much diplomacy and political sagacity to become the President and Head of Government of the African nation with the highest concentration of black people in the world. For these and for your brilliant and outstanding performance as two-term governor of Lagos State, you have really won my admiration and you are worthy of my support.”
According to him, Tinubu is smart but should be smarter in dealing with “these nations and groups outside Nigeria and Africa. He should never derail from his core development agenda for Nigeria and Africa, insisting that the principle of Nigeria first before any other considerations must guide and guard his steps…
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