Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s Presidential candidate, has guaranteed Nigerians that if he wins the country’s general elections on February 25, he will be committed to keeping his campaign pledges.
This was said by the APC candidate on Sunday in Lagos during a rally for community support that was hosted by the Arewa Community.
Northern Nigerians gathered to the event, which was held at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium in Onikan, to show their support for the former governor of Lagos State.
“My respect for this country will continue to increase, and I will honour all my pledges that we all will live in harmony. We belong in each other’s hearts,” Tinubu said.
He also assured that his government would be for all Nigerians, regardless of their tribes and faith.
“From the moment I enlisted in politics, I have always been nationalistic and detribalized in my approach. I do not operate based on ethnicity, region or religion. I have friends and associates in all corners of this country.
“As Governor of Lagos State, I constituted a cabinet, comprising competent people from all parts of Nigeria. We had the Yoruba, as we had the Igbo and Arewa. What was important to me was not your ethnicity or creed, it was your competence and the value you would bring to governance and people. To replicate this feat for the country is why I have offered myself for the presidency,” he said.
On his plans for the country particularly the North, Tinubu promised to tackle the security challenges being experienced across the country, stating that the economy cannot thrive in an insecure environment.
“If elected president, my highest priorities shall be the protection of our land and the prosperity of its people. I shall tackle this nation’s problems with a commitment to solving them.
“I will give priority to confronting security, making the economy one of widely shared prosperity and paying special attention to agriculture like the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“On security, my policy is not an artificial one created to sound good for this campaign. Our security policy is based on dedicated study and long conversations with experts in this field.
“I used the same approach to tackle the bad security situation that faced me when I became Governor of Lagos. I created programs and institutions to solve the real and dangerous challenges Lagos faced. I shall increase security personnel and better equip them. Advanced air and ground surveillance technology will identify, track and attack the criminals until they are utterly defeated.”
The APC candidate also promised to revive road and rail infrastructure for the ease of movement of people and cargo, among other interventions.
“We will invest in the Kolmani Oil Wells Project inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari and indeed in all vital infrastructural projects such as the Mambilla Power Project, the AKK gas pipeline projects.
“We shall revive our inland waterways through the dredging of the River Niger and make sure we cut down on our steel import bill by making the Ajaokuta Steel Company work,” he added.
