The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has vowed to develop Nigeria, as he developed Lagos State as governor if elected President in 2023.
Tinubu made the pledge when he paid homage to Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, in his palace on Saturday in Benin, the Edo State capital.
The former two-term former governor of Lagos visited Edo State on Saturday to continue his consultation with APC delegates ahead of the party primaries later in the month.
The presidential aspirant said he met Lagos state in bad shape as governor, but turned the state into a megacity before leaving office in 2007.
He said: “Your Royal Majesty, I am here this evening to seek your encouragement; I am here this evening to seek your prayers and blessings because I know what your endorsement means.
“I know what your prayers mean. Your Royal Majesty, I want to be president of this country and I am not joking.
“Your Royal Majesty, I am very competent when it comes to competence. My experience in various leadership capacities gives me an edge.
“Your Royal Majesty, when I became governor of Lagos State, the state was nothing to write home about, but today, Lagos is a megacity.
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“When I became governor of Lagos, its internally generated revenue was N600 million monthly, but as of today, Lagos is proud of generating N50 billion monthly.
“These are all the things I put in place to make Lagos great,” Tinubu stated.
While noting that he worked very hard and supported Buhari to become president in 2015, Tinubu solicited for all and sundry to support his ambition.
Responding, Oba Ewuare II, said though Benin throne is non-partisan, he would pray for the best aspirant to emerge the president of Nigeria in 2023.
Among the dignitaries on Tinubu’s entourage include the former National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole; Edo APC governorship candidate in 2020 election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu; among others.
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