Tinubu Will Revitalise Nigeria

Former Lagos State deputy governor Otunba Femi Pedro has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if elected, would revitalise the economy, “as he is well prepared for the job.”

He spoke at the public presentation and launch of Adesina Adetola’s book, Nigeria & Democratic Governance: The Seats, The Battles & The Prospects, held in Ikeja, Lagos.

Pedro said: “This is the God’s chosen time for Tinubu to become president and change the face of Nigeria. Tinubu thrives better when there is crisis.

“Asiwaju waited for five presidential elections and he has come out today because he is well prepared to change the face of Nigeria. This is where the slogan, Emilokan, comes from. This is the God’s chosen time for Asiwaju Tinubu. The time has come for Asiwaju to save Nigeria, he will resolve the economic problem we are facing, unemployment and other problems confronting Nigeria today. Asiwaju will handle them. What he has done in Lagos is his testimony to what he can do for Nigeria.”

The former deputy governor described Tinubu as a man with courage.

He recalled that when Tinubu became Lagos governor in 1999, he addressed the issue of infrastructural facilities and fixed it.

Pedro said: “Asiwaju thrives better when there is crisis, when there is chaos this is when he performs. In 1999, when he took over power, Lagos was upside down, the military had finally abandoned the state, they had moved to Abuja and they had cut off supply and source of income to Lagos. There were piles of refuse all over the place, school children didn’t have a place to go. The schools were decapitated and bad. Most of the roads were abandoned, many of us who lived in Lagos remember 1999, pre-Tinubu’s tenure. But that was when he came in, stepped in and turned the place around to be the Lagos we know now.

“I don’t know Asiwaju from anywhere. I was a banker, I was not in politics, I was not a member of any political party. I didn’t even know how Alausa operated. But he identified me and pulled me out of the banking industry and he put me as the deputy governor of Lagos State and when I got to Lagos State, I saw my colleague from my sector, from other parts of the industry that worked with me, the likes of Yemi Osinbajo and many people like that. He brought them, vouched for them and said I need these people to make Lagos work, and you can see the result. When Asiwaju becomes president, you will be shocked and surprised pleasantly the fast scale of change that will come to Nigeria because he is courageous, he is ready and he is prepared.”