Nigerians must join us to build this nation this year – Tinubu
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu
Published By: Kazeem Ugbodaga
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians that they must be prepared to play their part in assisting the government to build the nation this year.
The president, in his New Year Day broadcast to the nation said for the New Year to yield all its good benefits to the people, “as individuals and collectively as a people we must be prepared to play our part.
“The job of building a prosperous nation is not the job of the President, Governors, Ministers, Lawmakers and government officials alone. Our destinies are connected as members of this household of Nigeria. Our language, creed, ethnicity and religious beliefs even when they are not same should never make us work at cross purposes.”
He said Nigerians must resolve that as joint heirs to the Nigerian Commonwealth, to work for the peace, progress and stability of the country.
Tinubu stated that he extended this call to his political opponents in the last election, saying “Election is over. It’s time for all of us to work together for the sake of our country.
“We must let the light each of us carries – men and women, young and old – shine bright and brighter to illuminate our path to a glorious dawn.”
The president also said he took an oath to serve this country and give his best at all times, explaining that like he said in the past, no excuse for poor performance from any of his appointees would be good enough.
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“It is the reason I put in place a Policy Coordination, Evaluation, Monitoring and Delivery Unit in the Presidency to make sure that governance output improves the living condition of our people.
“We have set the parameters for evaluation. Within the first quarter of this New Year, Ministers and Heads of Agencies with a future in this administration that I lead will continue to show themselves,” he said.
Tinubu stated his major ambition in government as a Senator in the aborted Third Republic, as Governor of Lagos State for eight years and now as the President of this blessed country was to build a fair and equitable society and close the widening inequality.
He said while he believed the rich should enjoy their legitimately-earned wealth, “our minimum bargain must be that, any Nigerian that works hard and diligent enough will have a chance to get ahead in life.
“I must add that because God didn’t create us with equal talents and strengths, I cannot guarantee that we will have equal outcomes when we work hard. But my government, in this New Year 2024 and beyond, will work to give every Nigerian equal opportunity to strive and to thrive.”
