See What Tinubu Said About Buhari's Newly Appointed Ministers

Posted by Thandiubani on Fri 13th Nov, 2015 - tori.ng

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has added his voice to the selection and inauguration of new ministers by President Buhari as many believe he has a hand in it all.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians and the global community that Nigeria is now in good hands with the crop of elected representatives and ministers at the helm of affairs.

Tinubu told the large crowd which gathered at the launch of Mile 12-Ikorodu Road Expansion and Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, operation with 434 buses for the pilot scheme. The occasion was attended by prominent personalities led by Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and top government functionaries, traditional rulers, market women, among others.

Tinubu told the large crowd at the launch of the bus scheme: “We will continue to develop this country to compete with the superpowers. When we started the urban renewal, they thought that we were lost and had no vision. But they do not know about the planning period that is required to modernize any decay in government.

“Today, it is applicable to President Muhammadu Buhari. The planning period that it is taking to re-engineer and re-design the governance of Nigeria was the same method they were blaming us for then.

“They called me ‘go slow’ and at that time, I was complaining about the paucity of funds.

“Oil was selling at about $11 per barrel and I said that we will be out of it soon and people said that I should go and do my plan and stop the lamentation.

“But my cabinet, including Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, were part of that dream and the vision for the mission to reclaim and redevelop Lagos State.”

He also assured the people that former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola will succeed in his new position as Minister of Power, Works & Housing.

“You could see that when the announcement was made yesterday (Wednesday), Lagos State took the front seat in Fashola and we believe that he will succeed and many of them, too. Nigeria is now in good hands,” he said.