Nigeria has what it takes to become the renaissance beacon for
African development if a dedicated leadership is in a place to lift
country out of the precarious situation it now finds itself.
Former
Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the opposition Action
Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made this assertion while
receiving an award by the National Conference of Black Mayors, based
in America in his office.
The National Conference of Black Mayors
in America at its 38th annual convention which held recently in Atlanta
Georgia awarded Bola Tinubu the association’s highest award, the
President’s Award.
Vanessa Williams, the Executive Director of
the National Conference of Black Mayors in America while presenting the
award to former governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Tinubu in Lagos said
the choice of Tinubu was based on merit.
“We searched for Africans
leaders who have made great impact in linking African-Americans with
Africans towards positive development and you emerged as one of such”.
Venessa
Williams, the daughter of the first black speaker of the state of
Nevada revealed that the association had followed the stewardship of
Asiwaju Tinubu in the areas of support for people in the Diaspora and
African –American causes. “You have linked your international
experience with national experience to chart a path for development for
your people. You fit our bill of leaders who think locally, but act
globally and we thank you”. Miss Williams made special mention of
Asiwaju Tinubu’s knack for finding, developing and empowering a new
generation of leaders at all levels of government.
Asiwaju Tinubu
while receiving the President’s Award thanked the National Conference of
Black Mayors of America for the recognition awarded him.
“African-Americans and Nigerians are the same in their crusade to
achieve freedom and liberty. We must work together to elevate our
people. We share a common aspiration in the struggle to eradicate
poverty and give hope to our people. Tinubu further added that Martin
Luther King, a crusader extraordinary has shown us the way. The national
leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria told Venessa Williams that he
did not go into politics for want of anything except to give hope and
elevate the standard of living of my people.
Identifying selfless
leadership as a major pre-requisite for development, Tinubu said a new
crop of leaders will be needed to bring about change. “In Lagos, we
have a model for change and good governance. Massive infrastructural
development that is being sustained and a rejenuvated Judiciary where
women judges now play prominent roles. Lagos as had four successive
State Chief Judges”. Tinubu revealed that he has gone beyond Nigeria to
invest in the development and growth of other countries such as Ghana,
Sierra Leone, Senegal and Gambia
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