President Bola Ahmed Tinubu mentioned Tuesday that world is at the moment benefiting from the can-do spirit of Nigerians who’re making impacts in varied sectors of economies throughout the globe.
The president mentioned this in a nationwide broadcast to commemorate Nigeria’s sixty fourth Independence Day anniversary.
“The world is witnessing and benefiting from the can-do spirit of the Nigerian individuals, our huge mental capability, and our enterprise and business in all vocations, from arts to science, expertise to infrastructure. The desires that our founding fathers envisaged are nonetheless a piece in progress. Day by day, we put our arms on the plough, decided to do a greater job of it.
“Whereas it’s tempting to deal with what has been left undone and the place we have now stumbled as a nation, we must not ever lose sight of how far we have now are available forging and holding our nation collectively.
“Since independence, our nation has survived many crises and upheavals that led to the dissolution and disintegration of many different nations worldwide. Six years after independence, our nation descended right into a political disaster that led to a bitter and avoidable civil warfare. Since getting back from the brink of that darkest second, we have now realized to embrace our range and handle our variations higher as we proceed to work in the direction of engendering a extra good union. Regardless of the various challenges that buffeted our nation, we stay a powerful, united, and viable sovereign nation,” he mentioned.
The president mentioned for the nation and its individuals to make significant progress, previous errors should not comply with into the longer term.
“Whereas we have a good time the progress we have now made as a individuals within the final sixty-four years, we should additionally recognise a few of our missed alternatives and errors of the previous. If we’re to turn into one of many best nations on earth, as God has destined us to be, our errors should not be allowed to comply with us into the longer term.
“My administration took over the management of our nation 16 months in the past at a important juncture. The economic system confronted many headwinds, and our bodily safety was extremely impaired. We discovered ourselves at a dizzying crossroads, the place we should select between two paths: reform for progress and prosperity or keep on business-as-usual and collapse. We determined to reform our political economic system and defence structure,” he mentioned.