Friday June 6, 2025|
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is steering Nigeria on the right path.
The minister said Nigeria needs a leader like President Tinubu to build the “Nigeria of our dreams”.
Wike spoke at this year’s edition of Distinguished Personality Lecture, titled: The Nigeria of our Dreams, he presented at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.
The minister noted that the greatest challenge confronting Nigeria and militating against its development was bad leadership.
He agreed with Chinua Achebe, whose seminar, ‘The Trouble with Nigeria’, graphically captured the challenge, when he stated that “the trouble with Nigeria is fairly and squarely the absence of proper leadership”.
Wike added: “This statement, damaging as it may appear, is extremely difficult to controvert.
“Our leaders have, in the main, emerged through self-serving conspiracies that have little or nothing to do with national interests and development.
“This has been the case in both military and civilian contexts.”
The FCT minister stressed that President Tinubu had stood out as the leader the people need to drive Nigeria to progress and prosperity.
According to him, Nigeria needs a leader who is prepared to lead with sound character and resilience in the face of challenges.
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He added that the leader must also be a person who believes in the endless possibilities that the Nigerian nation exemplifies while making solid, proactive, logical, and well-informed decisions that would maximally actualise her potential.
This leader, Wike said, must have the courage and audacity to act, build, innovate, and generally expand the frontiers of development with a hands-on approach that would emphasise excellence over mediocrity.
