Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC Presidential candidate on Sunday has affirmed that if elected, he will bring to life manufacturing sector and diversify the economy for all citizens.
The former Lagos State governor stated this, according to a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, during a town hall meeting with Muslim leaders from South West in Ibadan, Oyo State.
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Tinubu said;
Regarding the economy, we seek to repair the very structure of the economy. We can no longer flourish as an economy based on natural resource extraction.
We must become a dynamic, diversified economy where those who want to work can find a good job. But let us also be a society sufficiently compassionate to help those who cannot help themselves.
We must revive manufacturing and industrial growth to create jobs as well as produce the goods and services that improve the daily lives of the average person.
We seek a minimum of six per cent growth annually through reform of our industrial policy, infrastructural enhancement, power sector innovation, and significant budgetary reform.
The APC candidate also urged religious leaders to encourage their followers to come out to vote in the forthcoming elections.
He added;
I ask you to urge your followers to come out and vote and to do so wisely. Vote for a candidate that has a vision for a peaceful, prosperous Nigeria where tolerance and compassion undergird our constitutional and legal rights. My pledge to fairness and justice is consistent with the tenets of the Islamic faith.
A leader in a plural society like ours is enjoined to be a leader of all. If elected, I shall govern honestly and democratically in harmony with our nation’s constitution.
Also speaking at the event, the President of Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria, Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, noted that the event provided an opportunity for the APC candidate to interface with Muslim leaders in the South-West on his plans for the nation if elected, “particularly on how he could make the country a land of great opportunities where no man will be oppressed.”
The National Chief Missioner of Anwar-ur- Deen Movement, Sheikh Ahmad Abdulrahman, said;
The gathering was not to campaign or endorse Asiwaju or any candidate but to seek and to know and to see whether Asiwaju Tinubu can still deliver for the country as he did as governor of Lagos State.
Meanwhile, the APC Campaign Council urged Nigerians on Sunday not to fall for the ‘sugar-coated’ promises of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The development comes only hours after Atiku committed to providing all Abuja indigenes with their entitlements and appointments if elected.
Atiku made the commitment at the PDP presidential rally in Abuja on Saturday, along with promising to ensure the ambitions of Abuja residents in a reviewed constitution.
