Yes, we dare. Our teeming youth population is our nation’s greatest asset. We will create jobs for our youth from the Zamfara and Osun gold deposits to the vast agricultural lands across the country. We will create new ooportunities in the FINTECH sector, the creative and entertainment industries, digital skills and other areas.
Re: Acceptance Speech by Asiwaju Tinubu as APC Flag-bearer
2023: Full text of Tinubu’s acceptance speech as APC Flag-bearer, after the
presidential election on June 9, 2022
These are the takeaways from Tinubu’s acceptance speech to the Nation and the Full text of the acceptance Speech by the Nation Newspaper.
It includes the text of the acceptance speech of All Progressives Congress (APC) flag-bearer Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu after he was declared winner of the Presidential Primary at the Eagle Square, Abuja:
“We have been at historic Eagle Square for many hours such that day has turned into night and night back into day. Because of your democratic exertion, this convention shall be recorded as a shining moment in the evolution of our party and the life of our nation.
I must thank you all. Now, permit me to address the nation.
1. Tinubu accepted we are facing serious problems after Buhari’s 8 year APC led administration:
Yes, we face serious problems. But I believe that we have it within us to reach our finest destiny. With help from God, we shall make this nation better for the generations to come. So I do!
2. Tinubu feels President Muhamamdu Buhari has already laid a solid foundation in security, economy, and anti-corruption.
President Muhamamdu Buhari has already laid a solid foundation in security, economy, and anti-corruption. We will build upon this for the salvation of our people. I doubt it, I do not!
So, I ask you:
3. Tinubu believes we need to reform our national economy such that prosperity grows as poverty vanishes?
Do we dare reform our national economy such that prosperity grows as poverty vanishes?, So I do!
Yes, we dare.
4. Do we dare provide meaningful education and jobs for our youths so that they may strive for a better future?
Yes, we dare.
5. Our teeming youth population is our nation’s greatest asset. We will create jobs for our youth from the Zamfara and Osun gold deposits to the vast agricultural lands across the country. We will create new opportunities in the FINTECH sector, the creative and entertainment industries, digital skills and other areas.
6. Do we dare feed our nation and provide the farmer a solid income for his toil?
Yes, we dare.
7. Do we dare construct a society where the vulnerable, the weak, the disadvantaged and the elderly are attended to and loved?
Yes, for we must care for those who cannot care for themselves.
Yes, we dare.
8. Do we dare muster our collective strength to conquer terrorism, kidnapping, and violent evil of any form?
Yes, we dare.
9. Our better, more progressive vision of Nigeria shall secure a better society for all Nigerians.
Yes we dare.
10. May this be our task arising from this convention. Let nothing stand in the way of our achieving a more just society and a greater Nigeria.
Yes, so we dare numbers 3-10.
Adesanya-Davies concludes, “The task of a new Nigeria and for our nation to survive, is that, the Nigerian political class should be prepared for this long overdue change. Let us forget the 1999 Constitution and fashion out a new one in favour of parliamentary democracy.
We need the constitution which was jettisoned by the military in 1966 following their misadventure in the political space that lasted 13 years in the first instance; and later from 1984 by the outgoing President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and his cohorts till 1999.
The aftermath of internal neo-colonialism has foisted a regime of waste on the nation. More than 20 years of resources have been wasted on the so-called unending amendment of the 1999 Constitution.
Enough is enough. We need a new Nigeria. We need a new constitution, we need economic expediency, fairness, justice and equity which were part of the reasons for our amalgamation in 1914.