…Says politics must take backseat in governance
President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that competence and character would determine who will make it to his cabinet.
Tinubu made the declaration in a statement he personally signed entitled, Nigeria: At the Cusp of Renewed Hope, made available to newsmen on Thursday.
He declared that it was time for politics to take backstage for governance and noted that only those who share his vision of good governance would make his blueprint for the nation attainable.
He said: As your incoming President, I accept the task before me. There has been talk of a government of national unity. My aim is higher than that. I seek a government of national competence. In selecting my government, I shall not be weighed down by considerations extraneous to ability and performance.
The day for political gamesmanship is long gone. I shall assemble competent men and women and young people from across Nigeria to build a safer, more prosperous and just Nigeria. There shall be young people; women shall be prominent. Whether your faith leads you to pray in a church or mosque will not determine your place in government. Character and competence will.
To secure our nation and to make it prosperous must be our top priorities. We cannot sacrifice these goals for political expediencies. The whims of politics must take a backseat to the imperatives of governance.
Tinubu restated his vow to run an economy of double-digit GDP growth, greater food security and one with a strengthened manufacturing base as well as an active digital economy where young people will have ample space to fulfill their dreams and aspirations.
The president-elect further assured opposition political parties that he would run a government that would give all Nigerians, irrespective of their political party affiliation, a sense of belonging.
