DEMOCRACY DAY STATEMENT BY NATIONAL LEADER, BOLA AHMED TINUBU.
“A NEW NIGERIA IS POSSIBLE BEGINNING TODAY”
May 29, 2015, shall be recorded in our history as the moment when democracy finally was allowed to participate in Democracy Day. The reason for this is the legion of average Nigerians who voted to make this happen. Should any of you wish to see a true hero of democracy, don’t fret. Just look in the nearest mirror.
The celebrations prior to this were false showings; they were the commemoration of wrong.
The path we have taken to come to this august moment has not been one of easy victory or swift progress.
Instead, it has been a path hewed by the triumph of resilience over broken promises and fraudulent avowals of representative governance. Reaching this fine moment has been a story told in the cadence of the victory of common good over arrogant power.
The voice of the solitary poor man, no one hears. But the votes of the poor became a potent army capable of toppling the very citadel of high privilege in order to bring forth national awakening no less historic and important than the very birth of this nation.
On this day, we shall witness the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari, a great, honorable and dedicated public servant as our president. This is indeed an inspiring moment, a turning point in our national direction, and the reclamation of our best destiny.
We shall celebrate this achievement but not in mindless, care-free fashion. The road ahead is still choked with the debris of problems left too long unattended.
We are well aware of the challenges pitted against our wellbeing. Insecurity, economic decline and corruption, we must fight and fight as if we are going to war not a carnival.
Most of all, we must fight the temptation of hopelessness, the sense that little good will come out of even the greatest efforts.
This is where I want to thank and commend all those who voted in the past election.
It is you who turned this day into the true celebration of true democracy it was intended to be.
With no guarantee save your faith and armed solely with the hope and promise of a better tomorrow through better governance, you fought the mounting tide of power and money. That tide tried to induce you to sell your democratic rights and your chance for a greater future on the cheap.
In the eyes of those who were self-exalted, you had been debased and brought low by visible circumstance of poverty and lack. You seemed to them ripe for purchase. Yet, inside, you retained a greatness of character and a loyalty to the democratic ideal incomprehensible to those who believed that everything can be purchased.
You showed them that your self-definition as human beings and as Nigerians was not for sale or tender. As a result, he who had been given so much, so easily by so many was humbled. You who have been ridiculed, reduced and written off were lifted up. The will of the people hath reclaimed its sovereignty.
This has been a blossoming of justice and the illumination of the power of human decency. So often, Nigeria has been portrayed negatively before the world. Not this time.
The world is proud of what you have done and how you have advanced the cause of fairness and right.
What you have done has lent solace to those still struggling to establish democracy and responsive governance in their homelands.
They now see Nigeria as an inspiring example. They seek to be like you, to travel the road you just trod.
Today, the old Nigeria is no longer in chains as we move into a new era and take hold of our new selves. From President Buhari to the state governors inaugurated this day, I wish them well and pray they govern in an open, democratic way that assures your optimal wellbeing.
I ask that you, the people, maintain your diligence and help guide those you have just elected.
The issues that confront us are deep and complex. They are not susceptible to facile solution or inattention. Wise and sound policy is within our capacity. But, we must have the will to accomplish it. If both the governed and government work in league, there is nothing our beloved nation cannot overcome.
Let it be said that on this day, the nation consecrate itself to the ideal that governance is the sacred instrument of the people and never again shall it be the exclusive recreation of a select few. No longer shall Democracy day be a shallow ritual. Henceforth, it is a living truth.
A new Nigeria? I don't think so.
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It was made possible by GEJ, if he had contested d election result, by now ur post headline will be "More reports of dead bodies from d shooting early this morning" Make una no forget say d change was made possible by his conceding to defeat. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteTinubu in your face
ReplyDeleteTinubu is one of the problem facing nigeria!
DeleteSo he should just shut up ....
@POTABLE viv, don't mind d thief. And spoiling d country, he is prancing about talking rubbish. Only in Nigeria sha. A big thief has d power to come out n talk, mtchewwwwww....
DeleteTinubu
ReplyDeleteAll I see is Chicagogate
Talk is cheap...we want action!
ReplyDeleteWe don't need too much talk. D magic starts today! Yeaaaaaah! Am looking at u ppl with my big google! Welcome to d hot seat Mr President Buhari.
ReplyDeleteTinubu too is talking about d poor man???? Wonders shall never cease!
Delete@Eka joy, don't mind d thief. He too has an opinion now.
DeleteOk. God bless Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteShould any of you wish to see a true hero of democracy, don’t fret. Just look in the nearest mirror.
DeleteEpic!
Tinubu go and sleep.....Lets us rate d government ourselves after awhile....not u telling stories
ReplyDeleteIts what Nigeria needs! Make una no fall una hand sha.
ReplyDeleteOkay heard. Looter! Soon&very soon u wud add Lagos to ur name,or dey wud add urs 2 lagos. Almost every structures,estates,companies,mall,shopping complexs&whole communities na u gt am,God is watching u oh.
ReplyDeleteWaiting patiently for a New Nigeria
ReplyDeleteIf you the leaders let it be.... Next please
ReplyDeleteYes o we all pray for a new Nigeria!
ReplyDeleteTrue words.
ReplyDeleteWell done Tinubu. (the great kingmaker)
And great thief.
DeleteThiefnubu!
DeleteGood!
ReplyDeleteThis criminal should go and sleep
ReplyDeleteHe's a thief.
Deletemake I hear abegy
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
Ewwww.......lekwe anyan chimpazeee.......tueh!!!!
ReplyDeleteAzin ehen udele nmiri ma gburu. Tueh million times.
DeleteAkuko!!!
DeleteOld wine in a new bottle.
Make we dey wait the change Na.
Thiefnubu bubu is coming for YOU soon
DeleteThat's what we want mbok
ReplyDeleteI believe U jagagban !
ReplyDeleteWe are sure entry into that promised land with Buhari on board!
#amhappymyvotecounted!
Clap! Clap!! Clap!!!.
ReplyDeleteMake 'unu' let him lead us well. Thanks.
Can't be arsed to read but I agree that a new Nigeria starts today.
ReplyDeleteI just hope una hopes and expectations aren't crushed cos d way u pple expect a change is something else. I hope we enter d "promiseland" as the "miracle worker" is here
ReplyDeleteLmao
DeleteThe new Nigeria has always been there since my wonderful out going president GEJ took the mantle of leadership.more new Nigeria that I pray for but I don't think that baba Tinubu is among the team to actualise that unless the stealing wagon where he belongs.As I walk away from this post of a thief writing about new nigeria,I say stop taking us for granted with your sorry tales.
ReplyDeleteDo not mind Thiefnubu! Ole jati jati! Hmmmm....wahala go soon start....Thiefnubu already receiving the Guinean president...,As what if I may ask?? Even if Buhari was not in d country, VP Osinbajo nko??? APCeee I just dey laugh una.
DeletePlease i need to understand ,is Tinubu the new vice president ??
ReplyDeleteTinubu needs to step back and let the people we elected run the country. He is continually forcing hiimself in our faces. Please he is a crook and is smearing the image of GMB.
ReplyDeleteUna go hear am...... see Tinubu too de talk. #SMH...
DeleteTinubu? Lolz...
ReplyDeleteThiefunubu. You won change Nigeria with your thief thief.
ReplyDeleteVery corrupt someborri.I hope you don't corrupt this government.GMB...please be wise.
ReplyDeleteHe's addressing d nation as what pls??????
ReplyDeleteIn what capacity is Tinubu addressing the nation on this inauguration day, May 29th? Hope, it is not going to be a case of two many cooks spoiling the broth, as it were. Election campaigns are over and done with. Now, begins the serious business of governance. Can Tinubu and company step back?
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