Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has stated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu bears a historic duty to reshape Nigeria’s future, warning that his failure to ship on his mandate may make it tough for future presidents to succeed.
Talking throughout a tv interview on TVC, Sani described Tinubu’s administration as a defining second in Nigeria’s political journey. He stated the president has “a novel alternative to reshape and reconfigure the future of this nation,” including that his efficiency will both strengthen or weaken the nation’s political basis.
“If President Bola Tinubu fails, I don’t assume it will likely be straightforward for some other president to succeed,” he cautioned.
The previous lawmaker urged the president to put competence above political loyalty in his appointments, recalling the governance mannequin Tinubu applied as Lagos State governor. “The usual he set in Lagos, the place he introduced the perfect folks to guide, should now be utilized nationwide,” Sani stated.
He lamented Nigeria’s divisive political local weather, noting that the ruling class and the opposition usually deal with one another as adversaries moderately than companions in progress.
“Our politics is so poisonous that these in authorities see the opposition as enemies, whereas these outdoors energy see the federal government as an enemy,” he noticed.
Sani additionally known as on the president to make daring, reform-driven selections, even when unpopular, stressing that progress requires sacrifice and imaginative and prescient. “No nation dropped from heaven. China, Singapore, Indonesia — all of them paid the worth for progress,” he added.
The previous senator emphasised that how Tinubu manages this pivotal interval will decide whether or not Nigeria strikes towards restoration or stays trapped in cycles of political and financial stagnation.
