On Tuesday, socio-political activist and critic Chief Adesunbo Onitiri called on all democrats, political parties, labour leaders, society organisations, and all patriotic Nigerians to support the Tinubu administration, as all leaders need support to succeed, stressing that the economic and insecurity situation in the country calls for sober reflection, cooperation, and genuine love for the country, not a blame game.
“This is the time for all political parties, labour organisations, and civil society organisations to join hands with the President to salvage the country instead of instigating Nigerians to violence. We have no other country we can call our own. Anarchy is not the solution to our many problems, and definitely not the best.
“Anarchy will abruptly end our democratic rule. We plead that Nigerians should love their country and not let our dear country burst into flames. Instead of the blame game, we should earnestly look for solutions. Every problem has a solution. Nigeria’s problems definitely have solutions. Our duty as good citizens is to look for solutions to our problems,” he said.
Onitiri recalled that he and many other patriotic Democrats confronted the military to usher in the current fledging democracy and urged that people should “allow democracy to endure as we learn through our mistakes.”
He pointed out that many advanced nations also went through the process that took them many years for their democracy to mature, nothing that
Nigeria is so endowed and blessed with human and natural resources. We cannot afford to destroy the country because of our personal interests.
He explained that it would be unfair to heap all the economic, insecurity, and social blame on President Bola Tinubu, as he was not the cause of the whole decadence.
“President Tinubu is trying so much to bring the country out of the woods. The only way to appreciate his efforts is to support and encourage him. At this crucial period in our nation, he urged all Nigerians to be patriotic, selfless, and love this country before themselves. We should also be our brother’s keepers without hiking the prices of goods or hoarding them. Let’s all make sacrifices for our nation,” he said.
Onitiri advised President Tinubu to urgently create employment opportunities for our teeming restive youths in the agricultural sector and the proposed state police.
The federal government, he also suggested, should continue to cut down on the cost of governance, especially the remunerations of the Legislature.
Above all, he said, the President should recover all looted funds, put them back to use for vulnerable Nigerians, and peg the prices of foodstuffs to be within reach of the masses.
Onitiri commended Tinubu’s efforts so far and prayed that God would endow his government with all the enablement and strength it needs to put our dear country back on course.
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