Former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, has urged President-elect Bola Tinubu’s administration to unite the country by focusing on diversity management, consensus building, and being consciously inclusive.
Mimiko stated this at the provincial coordination office in the Redemption Camp during a good governance and accountability session organised by the Dare Adeboye Foundation’s Change and Development Forum.
“The primary goal for the incoming government should be to unite the nation and manage our diversity. The incoming government should avoid the ‘97 per cent, five per cent’ sharing formula of the Buhari administration that sidelined particular ethnicity of the country.
“Every part of this country must be included and given the right to prominent positions in the coming administration. Good governance and accountability bring about economic growth and development must show in the citizens’ quality of life,” he said.
On national security, he advised the incoming government to focus on decentralising the police, rejig Nigeria’s security architecture and pay significant attention to the herders and farmers crisis. He also advised the government to engage the youths while also commissioning an inquiry to the past legislature.
On restructuring, he advised that while the government plans to remove subsidy it should put up cushions for the masses as they consider the downside of subsidy removal.
Mimiko, who applauded the merits of the cashless economy, stated that while it tackles corruption and enhances digitisation of the economy, it should be continued and treated with a high level of importance.
He urged the government to recognise the trend of deglobalisation and leverage on data to rebuild the economy and create jobs.
He highlighted four Ps for the government to focus on which include, planning and targeting, provide power and financial resources, protecting local infant industries, including MSMEs and patronise made-in-Nigeria goods
Mimiko said on Freedom of Information Bill, it is an important instrument of accountability in the country, the media and citizens should take advantage of it. He noted that the act is a foundation of an open system of governance in Nigeria, directly impacting the citizens’ quality of life and upholding civil rights.
Senior Personal Assistant to the general overseer of RCCG, Leke Adeboye, said the foundation’s objective was to improve the lives of individuals, contribute to the nation’s growth, and support the advancement of God’s kingdom, which is now aligned with Nigeria’s vision.