Abdullahi Selim
For a nation to progress, it demands an active leader who possesses the intellectual capacity to drive the nation’s vessel to a promised land.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who once stood there so Jonathan could step down, stood there again for a second term. Now, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Jagaban, absorbs the moment.
The new sworn-in president who had once been the ebullient and former governor that steered Lagos wheel for eight years between 1999 and 2007. Because of his wide political affinity, he led the Action Progressive Congress (APC) for quite a number of years. Now he won as the First citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He won not because of his populace but because his expert advocacy had been known and judged, his impact on the port called Lagos was vast.
Being a political expert, he governed and motored Lagos to create IGR which alone can serve the entire country. He made it obvious in the eyes of financial backers, the high possibility of boosting sufficient benefits and that attract both unfamiliar and nearby financial backers to exhibit interest in the city of Lagos.
Even though Ahmed Asiwaju and his vice, Kazeem Shettima faced headwinds of criticism and attacks, few thought he had the chance. So, they mocked him. They trashed his physical endowments. A wayward band mocked his hands and legs. Others pooh-poohed his tongue. They also lied about his body fluid and dissected his body into a disease, the analysis itself becoming a bigger affliction, a mental one.
But his reaction reveals that he was certain of himself, which influenced him to act and respond to the mocks by referring to Emilokan as “it’s my turn.”
Nigerians have delivered on their promise by electing you as president through the process of counting their votes. They have been waiting to reap the benefits of a well-known hope that appears to have vanished for some time, and now it is your turn to serve the country and its citizens in the same manner that you promised.
This is a love over generations. Many have seen the picture of Tinubu walking behind Abiola when the billionaire publisher was seeking to be the nation’s president. It was a dream taken to the slaughter by forces of regression. The nation suffered. The Yoruba felt cheated. Today is healing across time. As Nixon said, “time is a great healer.” History has a capacity to heal itself like the broken bone of a toddler.
My congratulatory dispense to the new president. May his tenure be favorable to Nigerians.
God bless the federal Republic of Nigeria.