The best is yet to come – Tinubu

Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has
said that the All Progressives Congress, APC was formed so
that Nigerians from all walks of life and social station might
gather under one tent to develop the nation on the basis of
equity and shared prosperity. He said "What we seek is a fair
social compact that we may avoid social calamity".
Tinubu spoke weekend in Sierra Leone, as he was honored
with honorary doctorate degree of Civil Laws, (Honoris
Causa) by the 50-year-old Njala University.

In his acceptance speech titled: "The Best is yet to come",
Tinubu said "We realized that if Nigeria continues as it is, it
would soon collide into the barrier of its internal
contradictions. A land of vast wealth yet vast penury. A
people of great talent and energy but also of despair and
unproductivity born of their jobless poverty. A land that
exports the raw material that helps fuel, electrify and
lubricates the global economy but one that lives more in
darkness than in light.

"We formed the APC so Nigerians from all walks of life and
social station might gather under one tent to develop the
nation on the basis of equity and shared prosperity. What we
seek is a fair social compact that we may avoid social
calamity.

"I have worked too hard and long for the progress of our
people to countenance such a broken outcome. We must
reform ourselves so that we can fully occupy the destiny our
people deserve".

Tinubu excited the University faculty, students, their parents
and the community when he announced a 5-year rolling
scholarship for 50 indigent students of the Njala University
and also donated a building to the rebuilding efforts of the
University. He said he had no other choice than to be part of
rebuilding Sierra Leone, particularly a campus that was
destroyed and abandoned for 15 years. He thanked the
University for the honor awarded.

Tinubu saluted the comeback spirit of the people of Sierra
Leone, a country that has risen from the ashes of war to a new
vista of rebuilding their lives and their country. "From the ash
and dust of war, you have stepped forward. A small nation
engulfed by such a big war. You persevered, defying the odds
and resurrecting and steering yourselves toward hope and
peace.

Via: Vanguard