All Progressives Congress, APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu has urged Nigerian democracy partisans not to lose hope upon
present economic challenges, saying that the quest for democracy is a
battle and not a banquet. In his Democracy Day message to the nation,
Tinubu who affirmed that Nigeria is just about out of the woods
nevertheless urged the authorities to choose to fight recession instead
of inflation in the face of the stagflation that had confronted the
country.
Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, said that
fighting recession would help to create jobs, boost infrastructure and
raise economic morale before subsequently tackling the inflation.
Noting
the difficulties currently facing the nation, Tinubu while affirming
that there was no better option to stick with than democracy said:
“Remember, the quest for democracy is a battle not a banquet. We must
stick with it and not give up hope, just when fairness and justice have
finally gotten the upper hand. We must persevere not just until the tide
of battle seems to have turned in our favor, but until the opponents
of democracy have been decisively and thorough bested.
“Thus, we
do not relent in defending democracy just as we should not relent in
expecting the benefits inherent in democratic good governance. This
means we must not sit back and merely let government contest with those
who would again turn government against the general welfare. All of us
must join the fray because the fray is about us when we live in a manner
than fulfil our national purpose.
On challenges he proffered
his counsel: “There is a problem that cuts all areas equally. If we are
not careful, it will afflict us a long time to come. In a cold, swift
stroke, the decline in oil prices has turned into a mockery the model
upon which we had for so long based our political economy. We either
must waste away or construct a new model.
“Our economy should
diversify by expanding our infrastructure network, bolstering
agricultural and farm incomes, as well as filliping industry and
manufacturing to provide jobs for a rapidly expanding urban work force.”
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