Former Lagos State Governor, Sen. Bola Tinubu
on Sunday urged Nigerians not to take the
nation’s democracy for granted, but keep and
nurture it for the progress and growth of the
country.
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.
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
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”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.