Bola Tinubu, a national Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has again blamed past civilian administrations, especially the Jonathan government for the nation’s economic woes.
Mr Tinubu spoke at the 35th annual Aminu Kano Memorial Symposium, held in Kano on Tuesday. He was represented by Governor Abiola Ajimobi.
Other speakers at the event were Dapo Olorunyomi, Publisher of PREMIUM TIMES, and a stalwart of the APC, Usman Bugaje.
The speakers examined `Democratic governance in Nigeria and the imperatives of party ideology and supremacy.’
Mr Tinubu said that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was the worst culprit in the pillaging of the nation’s resources.
He attributed the country’s current infrastructural deficit to the billions stolen by the past governments.
The APC national leader said that the present government under President Muhammadu Buhari had in the past three years been labouring hard to clean the rot and give the people a new lease of life.
“The APC government may, at times, be imperfect in fulfilling the spirit of Aminu Kano but we are far from the PDP, which has perfected the malign craft of giving selfish ambition primacy over the public good.
“Consequently, the Buhari government has spent inordinate time cleaning the rot and plugging the holes in the corrupt system they institutionalised as their strategic policy and national direction.
“The APC has been working to steer our national ship from this awful direction in order that we may bring the people and their welfare into safe harbour,’’ he said.
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