The National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu lambasted the Goodluck Jonathan administration of plunging the country into economic disaster.
Tinubu stated this in his address as the special guest of honour at the 35th annual Aminu Kano Memorial Symposium, held in Kano, on Tuesday.
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The former Lagos state Governor, who was represented by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state, described the ex-President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration as the worst culprit in the pillaging of the nation’s resources.
Tinubu attributed the country’s current infrastructural deficit to the billions stolen by the past governments.
He said the APC government had in the past three years been labouring hard to clean the rot and give the people a new lease of life.
Tinubu said “The APC government may, at times, be imperfect in fulfilling the spirit of Aminu Kano but we are far from the PDP (Peoples Democratic Party), which has perfected the malign craft of giving selfish ambition primacy over the public good.
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“Consequently, the Buhari government has spent inordinate time cleaning the rot and plugging the holes in the corrupt system the others had institutionalised as their strategic policy and national direction.
“The APC has been working to steer our national ship from this awful direction in order that we may bring the people and their welfare into safe harbor.
“Had the billions of dollars and trillions of naira that were stolen by past governments been used for the people, the nation would have been able to acquire the infrastructure and implement the programs that bring greater development and economic justice to all.
“Instead, the select few ate more than their bellies could contain. Distorting the cause of justice and hijacking the means of national welfare, they wildly enriched themselves and left the average Nigerian to dine on the passing wind.â€
Due to the drop in oil prices, Tinubu said that the ruling government had had less resources at its disposal than its predecessors, but had done more with the less.
He said the theme of the symposium was apt and timely.
He commended the Aminu Kano Center for Democratic Research and Training and Bayero University for the initiative.
Tinubu described Aminu Kano as a “great man that could have lived an easy life by exploiting, for selfish objectives, all the opportunities opened to a man of his great abilities and social station.â€
He added that, “Instead, he (Aminu Kano) devoted himself to the welfare of the people. He took the harder path because it was the true and correct one. As Aminu Kano did, we must do.
“The spirit of this great man must guide more than our deliberations here today. That spirit must direct our political intercourse and actions.â€
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