President Muhammadu Buhari has taken a look back at how the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu built political consensus that led to unseating of an incumbent President in 2015.
He said that Tinubu’s foray into politics “ushered in a better understanding of building consensus to achieve historical feats, like unseating an incumbent government.”
President Buhari, in a message to congratulate Tinubu who was former two-term governor of Lagos State on his 65th birthday, described the celebrant as a great leader.
The President emphasised that Tinubu was able to raise the bar for many political leaders across the country as a two-term governor of Lagos State, who bequeathed a style of leadership that completely altered the landscape of the commercial capital.
Buhari recalled his pleasant and intellectually enriching encounters with “the Jagaban of Borgu Kingdom over the years,” and confirmed that the nation has benefitted a lot from the personal sacrifices, political experience and intellectual foresight of the APC chieftain, and still stands to gain more.
He congratulated the APC leader on behalf of all members of the APC, his political and business associates, his friends and family, describing his 65th birthday as “another milestone” even as he prayed to God to grant the Asiwaju good health, longer life and more wisdom to serve his country and humanity. [myad]
