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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
The pioneer national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande, has explained that the economic reform of President Bola Tinubu was not to inflict hardship on the people but to rejig the system for better performance.
The APC national leader, who spoke at his hometown during his 86th birthday lecture on Thursday, said the president’s economic reforms had been yielding positive results.
He expressed his confidence that Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda was tailored to free Nigeria from the shackles of political brigandage, retrogression, and bad leadership that characterised past administrations in the country, assuring that the policies would rebirth Nigeria onto the path of greatness, renaissance, sustainable growth, and development as envisaged by her founding fathers.
He recalled that the APC was formed to restore good governance in Nigeria, which he said Tinubu had been working tirelessly to achieve.
“Today, I am happy that our great party is working tirelessly to liberate Nigeria and permanently end bad governance that had plagued the country for years. So, I am fulfilled and I don’t have any regret whatsoever about anything because the All Progressives Congress was formed as a political party to remove the bad governance that Nigerians endured over the years, and the work is ongoing.
“Nigerians should appreciate, though we are not there yet, and every individual’s pride should be rooted in honesty. We must strive to be honest with our country, avoid fraud, and do things the right way, so Nigeria can move forward.
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“President Bola Tinubu’s policy aims to liberate Nigeria from its current challenges and set the nation on a path to prosperity. In a few years, we’ll see the positive impact of his policies,” Akande said.
Earlier in his lecture, a Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Dr. Adeoye Oyewole, called on Nigerians to reprioritise their needs in the face of the current socioeconomic reality.
Oyewole said the time had come for citizens to prioritise their health and desist from frivolities in the quest to survive beyond the economic challenges in the country.
He said, “We need to reflect more on things that are very important, not urgent: our health financing, our family, our children, our wives, our own physical health, and the education of our children; that is the priority.”
In their separate remarks, the founding Registrar of the National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB), Professor Olu Aina, and the Chairman of MicCom Golf and Resort, Prince Tunde Ponle, described Akande as a phenomenon worthy of emulation.
Dignitaries at the event included former Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole; former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed; Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of OAU, Professor Siyan Oyeweso; Director-General of NDE, Silas Ali; former Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi; Bola Oyebamiji; former Speaker, Timothy Owoeye; Senator Mudasiru Hussain, among others.
