Former Leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, yesterday, warned President Bola Tinubu that Nigerians would not take any excuse for failure.

Fasoranti, in a congratulatory message to the President on his inauguration, said: “The world knows that you are prepared for the job and, therefore, there should be no excuse for failure.

“I am highly delighted to write on behalf of myself and Afenifere to congratulate you on the auspicious occasion of your inauguration today as the 16th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Your trajectory to the podium today has been long and tortuous, but the arduous path has only made the victory sweet.

“More importantly, the sweet victory is not without its burden, the whole world knows that you are prepared for the job, and therefore, there should be no excuse for failure.

“Today, Nigeria is facing a myriad of challenges on multiple fronts that require urgent and decisive actions.

“These include the exceptionally high level of insecurity, poor and nose-diving economy, derelict infrastructure, youth unemployment and hydra-headed corruption among others.” (Vanguard)

‘Reorganise security apparatus, release Kanu, revive economy’: HURIWA’s priorities for Tinubu

A civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Tuesday, set agenda for the new administration in Nigeria led by President Bola Tinubu, saying reorganization of security architecture, the release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Police reforms, and the general economic revival of the country should be top on the list of the things the new administration should face squarely.

HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said Nigerians expect President Tinubu to immediately change the present crop of Service Chiefs whse incompetence, the group alleged, plunged Nigeria into a killing field of sort in the last eight years. The group urged the new President to quickly replace the current heads of security agencies and bring in fresh blood with new ideas to protect the nation against banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, herdsmen aggression, amongst others.

HURIWA also asked President Tinubu to broker peace with all secessionist agitators in the country, saying no man would want to leave Nigeria if there was inclusion in governance for all parts of the country, one of the main ideas shunned by the departed administration of Muhammadu Buhari.

At his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square in Abuja on May 29, 2023, Tinubu promised to impartially govern Nigeria according to the constitution and the rule of law and defend the nation from terror and all forms of criminality that threaten the peace and stability of our country and the sub-region.

He promised job creation, food security, and an end to extreme poverty and target higher GDP of not less than 6 percent growth to significantly reduce unemployment and the over 130 million multi-dimensionally poor Nigerians the immediate -past administration of Buhari created.

“President Bola Tinubu should quickly settle in and start work as Nigeria is already in economic and security crises created by the same All Progressives Congress administration of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who ran Nigeria aground for eight full years.

“The new President must focus on security, reorganisation of heads of armed forces, DSS and Police, Police reforms, state Police not controlled by governors, amongst others. He should shun nepotism in strategic security appointments which Buhari did to divide Nigerians and made some regions to feel they are unimportant in the scheme of things

“We call for national truth and reconciliation commission just like that of South Africa. Also, we call for immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu and cessation of all hostilities in the South East by armed groups,” HURIWA stated.