President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday urged Nigerians to value and protect democracy as the country’s most viable form of government.
“The point is that we must never take this democracy for granted. We must forever jealously guard and protect it like a precious jewel,” Tinubu said in his maiden Democracy Day address to Nigerians as President, aired on the Nigerian Television Authority at 7:00 am Monday.
The President urged Nigerians not to take the liberty they now enjoy for granted as it was obtained through great sacrifice.
“A people can never truly appreciate the freedoms and rights democracy guarantees them until they lose it,” he said.
He pledged his administration’s commitment to diligently fulfil every component of its electoral pact with the people – the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda.
“We shall be faithful to the truth. Faithful to equity. And faithful to justice.
“We shall exercise our authority and mandate to govern with fairness, respect for the rule of law, and commitment to always uphold the dignity of all our people,” the President said.