Chief Bisi Akande, former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerians to expect a long-term development plan for the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sustainably lift Nigeria from its underdeveloped status.
Akande who spoke at a lecture in honour of Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo State, on Sunday, explained that the long-term goal will bring about expected growth in every sector of the country’s economy and ultimately break the country away from the shackles of underdevelopment.
He explained that previous governments’ failure to set achievable long-term goals for each sector of the country is responsible for the slow pace of development.
The former Osun State governor assured Nigerians that “the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is proposing a 20 to 50 years development plan that will end the issue of underdevelopment in the country.
He said: “We fail to plan and, yet, we are surprised that we fail in almost all sectors as we are all lapsing into generations of plan-less hypocrites.
“I can assure you, that was not what we inherited. In this same country, we used to have five years capital development plans and seven years capital development plans. Now we only plan for the immediate next election
“We thank God that this time around; Nigerians have elected a leader who has planned for a long time to be our President.
“Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is a well-known person to Baba Fasoranti and he is also an inheritor of the Awoist legacy of planning and integrity.
“Therefore, it is right and necessary to expect a 20 or 50 years master plan for Nigeria from President Tinubu which would transform this blessed country into a great one.”
