Bola Tinubu, an All
Progressives Congress (APC) national stalwart, made the call in his message on
this year’s Democracy Day and 2nd year of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.
The former Lagos State
Governor, Sen. Bola Tinubu on Sunday encouraged Nigerians not to take the
nation’s democracy for granted, but keep and nurture it for the progress and
growth of the country.
He urged Nigerians to
remain vigilant, and by doing so, ensure a better future and better Nigeria for
all.
”Democracy Day and our
commemoration of it must be more than an empty ritual. It must add up to more
than another reason to have another holiday.
”We, as a people, choose
democracy as our preferred form of governance not because it would be easy to
achieve or to hold even once we have it.
”We choose democracy
because history has taught us that the welfare of the people is best and perhaps
only secured by government responsive and accountable to the people. This can
only be democracy.
”Many Nigerians have fought
and sacrificed to enshrine democracy as our way of governance. We mark this day
in honour of these people, many of whom laboured in obscurity and without
proper thanks, to achieve this precious thing for the nation.
”We mark this day to keep
in remembrance that we must not take this good form of government for granted.
We must keep and nurture it, not for democracy’s sake, but for our own sake.
”We must remember that
should we fall asleep, there are those who would like nothing better than to
take our democracy from us,” he said.
He also congratulated
President Buhari on his second anniversary in office.
”I congratulate Nigerians
on this day. I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and urge him and his
administration to continue to do all it can to protect and improve our
democratic way of life.
“I wish all Nigerians a
happy Democracy Day,” Tinubu said.
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