Our best yet to come-Tinubu
Senator Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) said on Saturday that although Nigeria had come a long way since attaining independence, its best years still lay ahead.
The former Governor of Lagos State who stated this in a message commemorating Nigeria’s 62 independence anniversary titled, ‘THE BEST OF OUR NATIONAL JOURNEY LIES BEFORE US’ said although the journey had not always been smooth, Nigerians had stayed the course because “it is the road hewn by our own hands, ingenuity and aspirations.”
He saluted the courage and vision of the country’s founding fathers who devoted themselves to making the dream of an independent and proud Nigeria a reality.
He said Nigerians must not forget their sacrifice.
“We commemorate this day so that our nation shall forever hold in remembrance those who won our nation’s independence. There is no way we can repay them for their patriotism except to remember them and strive to match their love of country and their sacrifice for it. Some gave not only their best years but their very lives so that Nigeria can be born. Their labour shall never be in vain!”
Reflecting on the journey to nationhood, he said:
“Indeed, we have come a long way from 1960 when we gained independence. We have walked far since then. Still, the best of our national journey lies before and not behind us. Since 1999, our country has experienced 23 years of uninterrupted democracy. While, we have firmly established democracy as our way of governance, we still have work to do in perfecting our form of governance such that government will always and completely be for, of, by and because of the people.
“That our people live in the dignity afforded by prosperity, justice, freedom and an unyielding belief in our capacity to overcome any obstacle was what compelled our founders to strive for the independence we now enjoy.”
He noted that this 62nd anniversary offers Nigerians the opportunity to take stock of how far they had come as a people and how far they must go to achieve a better nation.
“On this Independence Day, let us commit ourselves to Nigeria’s unity as well as to our collective improvement. In unity, we must see each other as brothers and sisters regardless of our ethnic, religious or regional diversity. In seeking national improvement, we must join hands in growing the economy, creating jobs, feeding the hungry, educating our youth, caring for the sick and protecting our people and their way of life from evil and misguided foes who seek to destroy all that is good”, he said.
