“A New Dawn Has Come For Nigeria”
General (rtd.) Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), Nigeria’s former military president, has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his election as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In a statement released by his media office, IBB praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for overseeing an election that he predicted would usher in a new Nigeria.
Babangida commended Nigerians for going out en masse to exercise their voting rights and electing someone like Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria.
“It’s a thing of joy that this is happening in my lifetime,” he says. Tinubu is an excellent choice for the job, in my opinion.
“I do not doubt that Tinubu would perform as the President of Nigeria. For some of us, who have been there before, I know that there is still more work to be done, and I believe that Tinubu has what it takes to take Nigeria to the next level.
“We have much potential as a nation, what we need is a good direction so that we can continue to be seen as the giant of Africa. Indeed our best is yet to come, but we can get to where we ought to be with determination and commitment.”
Babangida, said further that Tinubu is coming from the background of a performer, who loves his people with all his heart and who knows how to put a round peg in a round hole.
While urging Nigerians to join hands with Tinubu in the business of repairing the nation, he also appealed to other candidates to see the emergence of the former Lagos Governor as the will of God, saying that the work of nation-building requires that all hands must be on deck.
“This is a bright moment for Nigeria, we have to take our destiny into our hands and make things work for us as a nation. We cannot continue to do things the same way, and I believe that God will make things work for this country again,” he said, adding that a new dawn has come for Nigeria.
