The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Global Ambassadors (BATGA), an organisation that supports Sen. Bola Tinubu’s campaign for president of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has recounted times when he has risked his life for Nigeria.
This information was released in a statement by Mr. Kayode Olabode, National Coordinator (BATGA), on Saturday, August 20, 2022 in Abuja.
“Had been labouring and putting his life in harm’s path for cause oriented towards making Nigeria operate,” Olabode claimed of the former governor of Lagos State.
He declared that it was time for the country to repay the favour by helping Tinibu win the 2023 presidential election.
“He supported Late MKO Abiola during his presidential campaign even though he was in the United States.
He actively supported pro-democracy groups like Afenifere and NADECO as well as decent governance in opposition to the military regime.
“He returned home to make a significant contribution to the greatness of Nigeria. As a case study, let’s look at Lagos State.
“As an Executive Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu stood his ground and ensured that he created 37 LCDAs in addition to 20 LGAs making a total of 57 LGA.”
Olabode claimed that this gave both indigenous and non-indigenous young people in Lagos many jobs.
Then-President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, he said, managed the state’s IGR wisely and made sure he had no debts to any civil personnel, even after ending the Lagos State Allocation.
Olabode asked Nigerians living abroad to use Tinubu as an example of a political strategist and transformational leader.
No governor in the nation since the country’s restoration to democracy, according to him, could match his accomplishments.
Olabode claimed that now is the time for Nigerians living abroad to mobilise support for one of their own seeking the presidency of Nigeria.
He claimed that they would join his government, which would run Nigeria, as a result.
Olabode continued by saying that rather than ethnic politics, citizens should be more concerned with a Nigeria that functions.
He urged people who were calling for secession to put down their swords and work together to develop the nation by devoting their time, effort, and money in that direction.
“Prosperity will not forgive any Nigerian who fails to support Tinubu. He’s like the messiah Nigerians have been clamouring for.”
“It is actually funny how some of these people protest in foreign lands and United Nations headquarters,sadly, even if they protest on the moon, their request will not be granted.
“Dividing the country will not make any part of the country a better nation whether Yoruba Nation or Biafra.
“What every Nigerian needs at this point is to have a reorientation and change of mindset towards our country.
“It is time to be more patriotic and work effortlessly towards building a Nigeria that works rather than tribalistic Yoruba and Biafra Nation.
“You can’t be living peacefully and comfortably wherever you are and be fuelling a crisis in your motherland.
“Nobody needs a soothsayer to know that dividing Nigeria at the moment is not the solution to the myriads of problems bedeviling the country,”he said
