Former Lagos state governor and National Leader of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu yesterday was invested as Lautech Chancellor and also awarded the D.Sc (Honoris Causa) in Management Sciences by the institution.
The Convocation, Investiture award and lecture take place at the SIFAX Lecture Theatre have in attendance APC big wigs all around the country,while speaking yesterday, The APC National Leader urged election riggers to stay clear of Osun and Ekiti States during the forthcoming gubernatorial election.
According to him “I fear this government will not allow free and fear elections in 2015. If the balloting during the last year’s vote on the chairmanship of the Nigerian Governor’s forum is indicative, then coming elections will be ones where numbers and Maths are immaterial,” he said.
He maintained that without reforms, elections may likely be ones where those the people rejected would be proclaimed the people’s choice, adding that such malpractice would only place the nation on a dangerous straits.
“To avoid this calamity, we need sweeping electoral reform. Foremost, we need a fully bio-metric voters verification and validation of registration system.
Adding that “Our current system encourages multiple voting and not verifiable one man one vote. As such, it is a veritable invitation card to massive fraud and malpractice,” he said.
Tinubu, who is also the Chancellor of the Institution, condemned in its entirety the Nyanyan killings and the abduction of female students in Borno, saying the their assailants had grown more brazen
“Their mayhem has not abated. The tempo and consistency of attacks suggest that this government’s approach is not only tepid but wrong-minded. We have reached a point where uncertain policy and half measures do not suffice.
“Their mayhem has not abated. The tempo and consistency of attacks suggest that this government’s approach is not only tepid but wrong-minded. We have reached a point where uncertain policy and half measures do not suffice.
“These terrorists have declared war not only against government but against the whole of us,” he said.
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He implored the Jonathan administration to develop a grand strategy to bind this menace, urging it to move the African Union summits to jointly and decisively eliminate all sources of insurgency within the member states.
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He implored the Jonathan administration to develop a grand strategy to bind this menace, urging it to move the African Union summits to jointly and decisively eliminate all sources of insurgency within the member states.
The APC National leader said that patriotism was about country and not self nor religious bigotry, saying Nigerians must stand bi-partisan, united and in complete solidarity against the threat to the nation.
Tinubu faulted the recently released GDP by the federal government, adding that the magical statistics does not translate to improvement in the people’s economic condition.
He pledged to do his best for the institution, saying he dared not do less because he followed the footsteps of men who never saw failure as an option.
Dignitaries at the convocation includes former head of state, Rtd Gen. Muhammad’s Buhari, Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Minority leader of the House of Representatives, Sen. Sola Adeyeye, Sen. Gbenga Ashafa and other APC leaders
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