Lagos contributed more to Nigeria’s GDP under Tinubu – Chimaroke Nnamani

 

.As Enugu PDP guber aspirant dumps Atiku for Jagaban

 

Victory Orimemi, Lagos and Cosmas Chukwu

 

Former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, has said that Lagos State, under the administration of former governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, contributed more than 30 percent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Products.

 

 

Nnamani expressed this claim in a statement titled, ‘Ahmed Bola Tinubu And The Path Of History By Senator Chimaroke Nnamani.’ where he stated that Asiwaju had an impressive track record as a Governor because he contributed to increasing the country’s GDP as well as industrial investments and value-added tax.

 

 

He said, “When Bola Ahmed Tinubu was governor, Lagos State’s IGR rose from 600 million naira per month to over 8 billion naira per month. He had an impressive track record as a governor; his state contributed more than 30 per cent to our country’s GDP, accounted for more than 65 per cent of industrial investment in Nigeria, 80 per cent of its international trade, and collected more than 60 per cent of the country’s value-added tax.”

 

 

The Senator also eulogized Tinubu, saying that in the area of human capacity, those whom the former Lagos governor mentored had become giant oak trees in Nigeria’s political firmaments.

 

 

“In the area of Human capacity, his mentorship was first class, and his mentees have spread out. Like little acorns, many have become giant oak trees in Nigeria’s political firmaments.

 

 

“Just like in Enugu, we appointed non-Enugu people (avoiding the meaningless and retrogressive anathema “non-indigene”). I recall my brother Ben Akabueze being a repository of the financial and economic secrets of “Yoruba” Tinubu Lagos State Government.

 

 

“Fashola, Osinbajo, Aregbosola, Fayemi, etc. All first class with A-game always. I vigorously oppose, protest and detest the shameless campaigns and parody targeting Tinubu’s health. As a Health worker, I am amazed by the ignorance, foolishness, wickedness and callousness of these idiotic operators. I believe they are unwarranted, extremely unprofessional, and have no place in our polity. As the GenZ grows and Nigeria merges with the new world, they will cry at the foibles of their progenitors.

 

 

“Get it, folks; life is turn by turn limited (apology Uncle Bode). These actions which bleed my heart personally are on public records. History and The Almighty will be very harsh to these bad political comedians. Since we all desire a better Nigeria, our politics should be grounded in facts and reliable evidence. This is the only way we can advance this nation. Ahmed Bola Tinubu is the most successful Governor in modern Nigeria bar none.”

in another development, The 2023 governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Denge Onoh, has taken a swipe at the critics of Senator Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu and Rivers Governor Nysome Wike, stating the duo was right to associate with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Onoh, who openly canvassed support for Tinubu despite his affiliation with the PDP, was reacting to the criticism that trailed Nnamani, who declared Tinubu is more than fit to contest the presidency.

Onoh had earlier declared support for the APC Presidential Candidate ahead the 2023 general elections.

He told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that Nnamani was bold to state the fact that politics is not about suppressing accuracies but about stating the obvious footprints of statesmen who have made contributions in their societies.

Onoh said: “Chimaroke Nnamani has given the South east a first class view and information based on facts about the Man, Bola Tinubu. It’s sad to see all forms of political accusations painting Asiwaju bad, but like in the words of the Rivers State governor, ‘e go de pain dem, we go de go’ and I can assure people that Asiwaju is as fit as a bull. The only ailment Asiwaju is suffering at the moment is his impatience for us to go to the field where he will get a resounding victory.’’

In the case of Governor Wike and his battle with some PDP stalwarts, Onoh charged the laymen in PDP to pull from the deceiving leaders of the party and stop attacks on Governor Wike for inviting his fellow governors, irrespective of political party affiliations, to commission projects in Rivers State.

“Those criticising Wike are just afraid of their shadows. Governor Wike sits in the position of honour and should not be misconstrued to mean that he is a bitter loser.

‘’These critics of Wike should all remember that it was all agreed, including all the Governors of Southern Nigeria, that the next President of Nigeria should come from the south, whether in the PDP or in the APC, but behold our own party the PDP goofed while the APC got it right. So how do you blame Wike for this tragic failure of the PDP?

“It was based on that agreement that Wike went ahead and ran for the Presidency in his party, the PDP, irrespective of the sad betrayals that occurred in the field during the presidential primaries.

”If a southern presidential candidate had emerged in the PDP aside Wike, I am certain that the Rivers Governor would have cued behind such a southern candidate.
“We all know that Governor Wike was betrayed in the field by those he defended with his honour and made enemies on their behalf in 2019 and today those beneficiaries now turned vocalist and go against the southern agreement. The Apc governors showed great statesmanship and insisted that power must go to the south and all northern Aspirants stepped down or withdrew from the race and history will forever be kind to them.

“Wike’s present position is a position based on principle and not on selfish interest as the bad elements in the PDP have tried in vain to portray the Rivers governor. For the fact that the PDP failed to field a southern presidential candidate is enough problem in the party, and so any support for any southern president is statesmanship and in line with an established agreement entered into at Asaba, Enugu and Lagos, respectively. So as far as I’m concerned nobody should crucify Wike for abiding by an agreement. A Latin word ‘pactum quod pactum est’ An agreement is an agreement.

“Finally, come rain come shine we stand by a southern presidential candidate and whoever maliciously wishes Jagaban ill health shall embrace such wish upon himself,” Onoh stated.