An elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has put in some good words for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and assured Nigerians that he would do well governing the affairs of the country.
Yakasai took Nigerians back to the days when the President was the governor of Lagos State and predicted that he would replicate the successes now that he is leading the country.
The elder statesman spoke on Thursday after meeting with Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Yakasai, a former aide to late President Shehu Shagari, said he prayed for Tinubu to become the country’s leader, noting that only politicians can correct Nigeria as they have done in other parts of the world.
“We are looking; we are yearning for God to bring somebody like Asiwaju to be the president of Nigeria,” Yakasai said.
“From Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Asiwaju is the last leader of this country from the political class, and I’m a politician; I spent 60-something years in politics,” he added.
He expressed his happiness that Tinubu emerged as Nigeria’s President because he prayed for it, and his heroics in Lagos would be showcased nationally.
Yakasai urged Nigerians to support the administration of Tinubu to succeed.
