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Bola Ahmed Tinubu was a governor in Lagos State and the foundation of good governance he established during his tenure between 1999 and 2007 has been the sustaining factor of continuity in Lagos.
His financial engineering cum his special gift of developing human capital and to manage resources are unparalleled. Lagos State’s Internally Generation Revenue (IGR) before Tinubu came was just N600million, but within the first four years he raised it to N30billion monthly without inflicting additional hardship or tax burden on the people.
Of course, even the bible pointed out that when men of vision lead, the people rejoice. This was Tinubu’s greatest strength as he toes the path of exemplary administration through his many leadership qualities.
In taking Lagos from a run-down slum, he made it to the fifth largest economy in Africa; Asiwaju had worked out an oasis of growth and economic development, which has benefitted and continues to benefit other states and other ethnic groups apart from the Yoruba. Lagos today serves as a refuge to other Nigerians who are fleeing from the farcical misrule and gross incompetence in their home states. Lagos is not playing this role by accident. Tinubu deliberately planned Lagos for this role when he involved other tribes in the governance of Lagos and ensured that the all-encompassing policy was enduring to date.
So as a Yoruba man, I am not supporting my tribesman because he is Yoruba but because I know he has the capacity to serve other Nigerians in equal measures as his Yoruba tribesmen. If Tinubu is elected president, he will be a Nigerian first before being a Yoruba man, and he did demonstrate this cosmopolitan carriage when he was Lagos governor.
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