Bola Tinubu deserves to be elected as Nigeria’s next president, according to an organisation called Coalition Movement for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which studied the accomplishments of the front-runners in the 2023 presidential election.Information Guide Nigeria
According to the group, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress outperformed rivals Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, respectively, in terms of their accomplishments while serving in political offices.
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The accomplishments of Tinubu during his tenure as governor of Lagos State make him the favourite to succeed President Major General Muhammadu Buhari, according to COMBAT, which released a statement on Sunday from its convener, Senator Rilwan Akanbi (retd.).
“At the inception of the democratic system in 1999, it is a tradition for states to carry handout bowls to Abuja for survival until Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu introduced intervention in the areas of internal revenue generation that led Lagos State to prosperity. From internal revenue generation of six hundred million to twenty billion naira, Lagos became a template for 35 states and lately federal government for expanding the generation of revenue.
“Under Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a governor of Lagos that stood him out among the contenders for the presidency comes 2023 include free education programme for all Lagos State public schools, including free registration for WAEC/NECO exams, bursary/scholarship allowances and upgrading of schools in the state.
“Other areas of pioneering accomplishments are budgetary allocation to the health sector from N1.6 billion in 1999 to N11.8 billion in 2006; Free malaria healthcare scheme for children and old people, reduction in HIV prevalence from 6.7% to 3.5%, Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and distribution of N150 million worth of Agricultural inputs to small and medium-scale farmers under the Lagos State Agricultural Micro-credit Scheme.
“Therefore, despite the fact that the fuss generated by the party’s primary election is yet to stop especially, with the issue of religious balancing of tickets in APC and zoning arrangement of PDP, we in COMBAT see Asiwaju ahead of all putting all these parameters and many more to bear.”JAMB Result
