Tinubu explains his reasons for running for president

The motivation behind President Bola Tinubu’s bid for Nigeria’s highest political office has been made public.

As previously reported, Tinubu defeated his petitioners at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on September 6th.

While the eagerly awaited Tribunal judgement was being delivered yesterday at the Appeal Court premises in Abuja, Tinubu was instead attending the G-20 Summit in India.
On Thursday evening, Tinubu said during an interactive session with several Nigerian students studying in India that Nigeria was experiencing setbacks not because of a lack of knowledge and human resources but rather because of a lack of management and leadership, which is why he ran for president.

“We are here to present a new future to you,” he said. A nation with such a rich, wealthy, and populous future. incredibly dynamic and distinctive in terms of culture, tradition, and ethnicity. If we can only harness our diversity for economic benefit, that is what will enable our prosperity.Our knowledge is not lacking. Our human resources are not lacking. We are only lacking in management and leadership, which is why I ran for president: to assist us all in reshaping the national character of our nation.

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Tinubu warned the students that they could succeed in their chosen fields with hard work, integrity, resolve, and a mental shift.

The Nigerian president urged people to use their nation’s rich diversity as a particularly effective tool for advancing prosperity and national development for the good of all citizens.
Yusuf Tuggar, the minister of foreign affairs, spoke on behalf of President Tinubu and outlined the four Ds of his foreign policy strategy, one of which is Diaspora and focuses on raising the standard of services provided to Nigerians living abroad by Nigerian embassies.

“The difficulty of passport delays will vanish. Your passports will be ready sooner rather than later. You serve as Nigerians’ first point of contact with other nations, to put it another way. We are only as big as our people can make us. Because of this, Tuggar said, it’s crucial for you to consistently portray Nigeria in a favourable light both online and off.

In a previous interview, Tony Elumelu, the chairman of Heirs Holdings, told pressmen that Nigeria was the best place to invest and that betting on Nigerians was one of the best bets anyone could ever make. He cited Nigerian success around the world.
“We have faith in Nigeria, particularly, and in Africa. I conduct business on several continents, and Nigeria offers a return on investment that is uncommonly found anywhere else in the world,” Elumelu said in a statement released on Thursday night by Ajuri Ngelale, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity.