All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has spoken on the state of his health concerning his aspiration to become Nigeria’s President.
His words for those saying he is not healthy enough for the job are that he is not applying for the job of a bricklayer or gravedigger.
According to him, he has got the brains and education to lead the country.
Tinubu said this in the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, on Friday, when he paid the monarch a visit.
He said, “I have the brain and the capacity. If you hear them saying, he is sick, I didn’t apply for the job of race running. I didn’t apply for the job of bricklaying. I went to school to study Accountancy and Management.
“I didn’t apply for a job of a gravedigger. I have applied for a job of brain and intelligence, focus thinking. The job I want to do for Nigeria is for Nigeria to be greater and be proud of itself, our children, and we leave a legacy of success, unlimited success for our great, great children.”
Some people have asked questions over the state of Tinubu’s health, especially as he recently went to London for a treatment.
Then, some had rumoured that he had died, but he bounced back and has since declared his intention to run on the platform of APC.
Yet, some interests have been promoting another person from his ethnic and political camp, the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
This is apart from the question of alleged ‘gentocracy’ against his generation.
But he insists he has got what it demands to save Nigeria, noting in Osogbo that he would harness the country’s immense potential:
“I don’t care whether you are Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Ida, Ijaw or whoever you are, God has blessed us. He blessed us with human and materials. The only thing that He is ready to streamline for us and we are ready to streamline it, is character.
“We must build that character of strong determination, character of selflessness, character of resiliency, character of perseverance in which we must see ourselves as one entity that will build prosperity for all Nigerians. This is my promise.”
