Ambode said Nigeria’s problems had long history and needed a courageous president like Tinubu to fix them.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said that President Bola Tinubu is not to blame for hardship being experienced in the country.
The ex-governor made the statement on Monday at the Akinjide Adeosun Foundation (AAF)’s 2024 Leadership Colloquium and Award: Chapter 8, with the theme: “ Economic Asphyxiation – The wisdom of Authentic Leaders” held at Alliance Francaise, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Ambode said Nigeria’s problems had long history and needed a courageous president like Tinubu to fix them.
“It (challenges) has nothing to do with the singular person called Mr President; but if we don’t understand the fundamental, we will start doing the blame games.
“We need to face our problems frontally. The major issue is that we are even tired of not fixing our issues,” he said.
Ambode, however, said there was need to make executive reforms on the coordination circle around Tinubu.
He urged Nigerians to stop blame games but be supportive, resilient and patriotic about the country.
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The former governor added: “Until we decide ourselves to say that we should unite for the common cause called Nigeria, the security issues will not go.
“We are all in a position to actually support Mr President, let us start to look at it from a different prism.
“We don’t have to wake up in the morning and talk ill of Nigeria. We get what we profess about Nigeria.”
He said that what Nigeria was facing had been staring at the nation for 300 years, tracing it to slave trade with what he described as “the divide and extract strategy”.
He said that Nigeria needed self-awareness strategy to fix problems in the post COVID-19 era.
“We must think out of the box. We have to feed ourselves. When we start to think by ourselves and resolve the issues concerning Nigeria, we will smile,” he added.