Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that the country is in dire need of urgent solutions, emphasizing the need for leaders and citizens alike to reassess and revitalize the country amidst ongoing challenges.
He urged Nigerians to engage in honest introspection and collaborate in the nation’s restoration.
Tambuwal also reiterated the importance of empathy in leadership, highlighting the accountability that comes with trust.
He said: “Nigerians are going through serial challenges of hardship. We need soul searching to drive to find solutions to current realities.”
The former governor of Sokoto state said he deliberately chose to remain silent for nine months on the state of the Nigeria nation, saying he was on sabbatical.
He noted: “My quiet mood is my state of mind. I simply chose not to speak. When you are involved in something and the unexpected happens, you remain quiet. I have been introspective.
“We should all ignore partisanship of all sorts and return to the basis as citizens ready to demonstrate the needful for the country.”
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Tambuwal made the remarks in Sokoto while speaking to journalists who he also charged to step up to their professional responsibility to make the country great.
He stated: “Nigeria needs you most at this trying moment. You are not doing enough. You have more than enough space to x-ray the country in defence of public and national interest. You are watchdogs and the voice of the voiceless. You need to hold and make the system drivers accountable.
“Journalism is service to humanity in the interest of the nation. Nigeria needs every one of us as a driver. The country is in the ICU for resuscitation.
“Is now that the country needs your professional strength for the needed change. We need to collectively give hope to the country and its citizens.”
Tambuwal said he was an active co-founder of APC but decided to leave for obvious foreseen situations.
He said: “My leaving the party in 2018 was signalled by foreseen situations that were not in tandem with realities.”
