Jul 27, 2023
The South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA’23) on Thursday asked Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu to address the myriads of challenges confronting the nation.
National Secretary of SWAGA, Otunba Bosun Oladele,said since assumption of office, President Tinubu had taken bold steps and is on the right to repositioning Nigeria into its rightful place in the comity of nations.
He said: “I believe that for the first time in our democratic journey as a country, Nigeria is having a President that got into office prepared for the job.
“Asiwaju Tinubu have been abreast of issues in governance in Nigeria, he has been a rallying point for intellectual and political discourse regarding governmental policies and processes especially via his annual colloquium long before now and he has blazed the trail and set the pace for developmental leadership as two-term Governor of Lagos State and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We as South West Agenda for Asiwaju are not oblivious of these sterling qualities when we took it upon ourselves to sensitize the new generation of Nigerians and mobilize support for his candidature for the elections at the time we started in 2020.
“It is no accident therefore that he has taken very bold steps and made courageous decisions since his assumption of office in May.”
Listing some of the landmark achievements of the president, Oladele said “He did well by sticking with his campaign promise and announcing the removal of the fraudulent fuel subsidy from the inauguration ground and he went in to unify our exchange rates thus removing the arbitrary windows in our forex policies.
“The appointment of the service chiefs has changed the tempo of the war against banditry and insurgency and even tamed oil thefts to a larger extent while his readiness to listen to differing opinion from the populace is unprecedented.
“The recent ministerial list though an ongoing process is already indicating a careful selection of a dependable team he is willing to work with without throwing away the needed sense of unity.
I am sure we are in for a good time and repositioning as a leader of the black race.
As a group we continue to plead with Nigerians for understanding and patience as the positive changes envisaged are beginning to unfold.
“At the same time we appeal to our numerous members all over the country to be patient as we believe that our efforts will be duly rewarded in due course”.
