Always remember that God's desire during adversity is to make us better.
Trials and troubles should not be regarded as something that will ruin us.
Always remember that God's desire during adversity is to make us better.
Trials and troubles should not be regarded as something that will ruin us.
*TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR ON JUNE 12, 2023*
Fellow Nigerians,
2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people.
3. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the June 12, 1993, presidential election, up to that time, the fairest and freest election in the country’s political evolution, turned out, ironically, to be the seed that germinated into the prolonged struggle that gave birth to the democracy we currently enjoy since 1999.
4. In rising to strongly oppose the arbitrary annulment of the will of the majority of Nigerians as expressed in that historic election, the substantial number of our people who participated in the struggle to de-annul the election signified their fierce commitment to enthroning democracy as a form of government that best ennobles the liberty, the dignity of the individual and the integrity as well as the stability of the polity. The fierce opposition to the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election and the unrelenting pro-democracy onslaught it unleashed was the equivalent of the battle against colonial rule by our founding fathers that resulted in the gaining of Nigeria’s independence in 1960.
The two days of purpose driven, impact oriented and learning saturated agenda setting Retreat that was organized for the National Council leadership of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu, National Alumni Association, has ended in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital.
A two days retreat organized for the National leadership of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu Alumni Association enters the second day today. The retreat holding at Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, in the South Eastern part of Nigeria, kicked off with the President of the IMT Enugu Alumni Association Mazi Dr. Agodi Kanu, and the Rector of the 50 years institute, Professor Austin Nwaeze in attendance, and with an extensively researched and superbly delivered lecture by Professor Joe Chukwu of the Alex Ekwueme University Ebonyi state, who doubles as the facilitator and Guest lecturer at the event. He anchored his presentation on the topic "Towards a successful alumni leadership, a case study of IMT Enugu Alumni Association".
Grooming the younger generation and equipping them with the skills for making significant changes in the economy remain the hallmark of every of my engagement in the unflinching efforts to throw up a Nigeria full of multiple and diversified opportunities, productivity oriented and impact driven young boys and girls, and markets saturated with excellent products... Nnabugwu Chizoba
THE NIGERIAN IDEAL
My Fellow Citizens,
I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances when we seem to have reached the limits of our human capacity.