PEOPLES GAZETTE
Bola Tinubu’s ally Bisi Akande said the president-elect has nursed the ambition to rule Nigeria for long and had been preparing for it. He said Mr Tinubu would also be preparing a multiyear master plan to transform the country.
Mr Akande assured that Nigerians will never regret supporting the former Lagos governor who will be sworn in on May 29.
“We thank God that this time around; Nigerians have elected a leader who has planned for a long time to be our President. Therefore, it is right and necessary to expect a 20 or 50 Years Master Plan for Nigeria from President Tinubu which would transform this blessed country into a great one.
“When Tinubu was Governor of Lagos State, he did not just plan for his eight years in office; he did a Master Plan for Lagos State which has since been running for more than the past 20 years and which has transformed the city-state into the powerhouse of the Nigerian economy,” he added.
Mr Akande spoke at a public lecture in Akure, organised by the University of Ibadan (UI), Alumni Association, Ondo State branch, in commemoration of the 97th birthday of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti.
Peoples Gazette had Thursday reported how Mr Fasoranti, an elder statesman, who clocked 97 years old, expressed the hope of witnessing a better nation where “unemployment and insecurity” would be better tackled under Tinubu’s incoming administration.
The Afenifere leader, who lost his daughter, Funke Olakunrin, in a violent attack orchestrated by Fulani herdsmen, on July 12, 2019, had decried the state of insecurity, killings, unemployment and economic crushed that ravaged the outgoing regime of President Muhammadu Buhari.
