Tinubu Tells Buhari How To ‘restructure’ Nigeria –

A former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, tasked President Muhammadu Buhari on how to restructure Nigeria, laying emphasis on populist governance, agriculture, education, infrastructures and industrialization.

Mr. Tinubu spoke at the combined convocation ceremony of University of Abuja where Honorary Doctor of Business Administration, DBA, was conferred on him by the institution.

Affected by years of poor management and academic strife, the University of Abuja held its 15th-20th convocation ceremony for five sets.

At the occasion, Mr. Tinubu said Nigeria’s future depended on the will and courage of Mr. Buhari’s government to turn challenges into opportunities.“Nigeria stands in the corridor between greatness and failure, between progress and collapse, between hope and despair,” he said, adding that “Our fate depends on whether we summon the courage to take the bold steps and move in the direction. We must turn our present challenges into opportunities for the re-engineering of our nation’s economic challenges. The University and our educational system have a role to play here.”“Nigeria needs some fundamental restructuring both politically and economically,” Mr. Tinubu said.This restructuring, he stressed, should not be the “constant tinkering and patch-patch” Nigerian government often resorts to.