Nigeria Is A Nightmare – Bola Tinubu

Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu is said to have stated that Nigeria has no cause to celebrate its 54th year of independence as the country has become the nightmare of its forefathers.

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has said that this year’s Independence Day should be a time of sober reflection and not celebration as other countries that received independence at the same time as Nigeria had bypassed the country. Continue.......

The former Governor of Lagos State spoke his mind about the state of the country in a statement titled ‘A Return to Decency’, Punch reports.

Tinubu reportedly said in the release that there’s a need for the country to undergo a “common sense” revolution as it had become the nightmare of its founding fathers.

He added further that the 16 years of governance by the Peoples Democratic Party had plunged the country into disaster.

Tinubu said:

“The longer they rule, the less benefit the people derive. Nigeria now needs a ‘common sense revolution,’ a revolution that calls forth a return to decency, probity, transparency of process and fairness in outcome.

 “Nigerians should be prepared for change. We must rescue Nigeria from those set to cause it irreparable harm. The change I talk about is the only route to our deliverance from 16 years of the PDP locusts. Nigeria is ours to keep and its democracy is ours to save.”

“We commemorate this Independence Day because the nation has survived despite its many challenges. We dare not celebrate because the nation has not flourished as it should. Fifty four years our national trek began with hope and promise, peace and unity.

“Today, the nation staggers beneath the weight of trouble multiplied by hardship. Peace and unity seem to have yielded the moment to violence and discord. We exist as a political unit on a map but we do not prosper as brothers and sisters in one nation, under one flag and pursuant to one accord.”

“Never has an elected government in Nigeria employed religion as a tool to divide the people, setting Nigerian brother against brother in a manner that allows this administration to function at the basest level of governance while seeking to establish a political domination that seeks no greater purpose than its self-perpetuation.”

The former governor also accused President Goodluck Jonathan of lacking a national blueprint or vision.