Expect A Competent Cabinet, Tinubu Promises Nigerians Ahead of May 29

 

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has promised competence in appointments, youthfulness and with priority for women, but devoid of ethnic and religious consideration, the president-elect said in a statement he personally signed.

Tinubu also promised an economy of double-digit Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, more food security, strengthened manufacturing base and active digital economy, where young people will ample space to fulfill their dreams and aspirations. He called on Nigerians to work with him in building a new nation.

On the call of Government of National Unity (GNU), the president-elect said: “as your incoming president, I accept the task before me. There has been talk of a government of national unity. My aim is higher than that. I seek a government of national competence. In selecting my government, I shall not be weighed down by considerations extraneous to ability and performance. The day for political gamesmanship is long gone.

“I shall assemble competent men and women and young people from across Nigeria to build a safer, more prosperous and just Nigeria. There shall be young people. Women shall be prominent. Whether your faith leads you to pray in a church or mosque will not determine your place in government. Character and competence will.

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“To secure our nation and to make it prosperous must be our top priorities. We cannot sacrifice these goals for political expeditions. The whims of politics must take a backseat to the imperatives of governance.

“We have bridges and roads to build not just for commerce and travel but to connect people of different faiths, parties and different outlooks in harmonious dialogue and common purpose. We have families to feed not just to eliminate hunger but to nurture enlightenment, civic responsibility and compassion.

Tinubu continued: “We have jobs to create not merely to put people to work but to afford a better standard of living by which families and communities are improved and democracy deepened. We have water to replenish not just to quench physical thirst but, to ignite a thirst for creative and better solutions to society’s challenges.

“We have a nation to protect such that we eliminate danger and even the fear of danger. May all of our people be able to live their lives in the light of peace and the glow of broadening prosperity.”

The president-elect commended the Supreme court judgment on the Naira swapping policy, describing it as an important to the restoration of economic normalcy.

According to him the apex court has restored the rule of law and economic decency. But, this is not the end of the story. It is merely the beginning of a more comprehensive solution to our economic challenges.

“I ask that we work together as Nigerians for Nigeria. Those, who voted for me, I ask that you continue to believe in our policies and plans for the country. I also ask that you reach out to your brothers and sisters who did not vote as you did. Extend to them the hand of friendship, reconciliation and togetherness.

“To those of you who did not vote for me, I ask you to believe in Nigeria and the capacity of your fellow citizens, even those who voted differently than you. The better Nigeria I seek is not just for me and my supporters. It is equally yours.”

He added: “I do not ask you to abandon your political preferences. That would be undemocratic. I do beseech you to answer the call of patriotic duty as the loyal opposition.

“Remain loyal to the cause of a greater, more tolerant and just Nigeria. I too shall keep faith in this objective.