…says I took tough decisions for sake of national interest
President Bola Tinubu has pleaded with legal practitioners in the country to rededicate themselves to rendering of services that would help to build the nation.
Tinubu, who flagged-off the 2023 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Abuja, maintained that such rededication must start with a change of mindset and total commitment to national development.
He described the theme of the conference; ‘Getting It Right, Charting The Course Of Nigeria’s Nation Building’, as “extremely apt and extremely relevant to our present situation as a country.”
“We have to get it right. Why are we so blessed and we are still lacking? Change your mindsets. We complain a lot about the past. But is that the solution? No!
“Look forward, be determined. God has given us a creative mind and will. Nigeria is our country, our motherland. It is our responsibility to build it,” President Tinubu added.
Besides, he said his administration would effectively collaborate with the private sector which he described as drivers of economic growth and prosperity.
He said such cooperation would ensure the delivery of dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
“Yes, it is a shame not to have adequate electricity for the mass majority of homes in Nigeria and to power our industries. How can we address poverty without electricity? We can take many people out of poverty with uninterrupted electricity supply. Poverty is not acceptable, and we must banish it,” he added, saying the country would not continue to use revenue from its abundant resources to service external debts.
“Can we continue to service external debts with 90% of our revenue? It is a path to destruction. It is not sustainable. We must make the very difficult changes that are necessary for our country to get up from slumber and be respected among the great nations of the world.
“It may be painful at the beginning, but let us look at the long run. It is not about me. It is not about you. It is for the generations yet unborn,” President Tinubu stated.
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