FG has failed to defend Nigerians - Tinubu

A former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday berated the Federal Government for what he described as failure of leadership to defend the country in trying times.

The APC national leader made the call in Benin, Edo State, where he inaugurated the six-lane New Lagos Road and the General Hospital, Ewhohimi, in Esan South East Local Government Area of the state.


Tinubu argued that insecurity and the lack of services in the country were caused by the failure of the Federal Government to meet the aspirations of Nigerians.

He described the statement credited to President Goodluck Jonathan, that his administration was being sabotaged, as an admission of failure by the present administration.

Tinubu added, “A nation fails because of the leadership failures. If there is a good leader at the top, the nation will not fail because fish starts to rot from the head.

“No excuse for failure. Mr. President, we chose you to defend this country. Quit; resign, you can’t do it. Enough of excuses.”

Tinubu, however, urged the youths to use their rights to vote to create a bloodless “commonsense revolution” in order to bring about the change they desired.

The former Lagos governor commended the governor for not relenting in his efforts to develop the state, saying he stood out during his days as a labour leader, where he stood for true democracy.

“Men and women like you must offer themselves to lead this country because you have demonstrated that in performance in Edo. You have demonstrated courage,” he said.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole explained that his administration was able to reposition the state’s infrastructure through the judicious application of revenue and less dependence on federal allocation.

He noted that his administration had taken a cue from the management of revenue in Lagos by blocking leakages in revenue, which enabled the state government to save about N5bn in the cost of governance.

“We have broken a couple of eggs in this state. Now, we have been able to deliver so much omelet in roads, in schools, in furniture, in rural electrification, hospitals, etcetera.

“This road, people may have forgotten, was a place that no one dared to pass in the afternoon because, with the market, you can’t drive pass this road; narrow road but very busy,” he stated.